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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

4% is 1/25. 75 is 3*25. so the answer is 3!

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[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 1 points 6 months ago

639% of 1282.5

[–] Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

The way I see it it makes simple sense:

X% of Y = X * Y/100

Y% of X = Y * X/100

As we know there is no significance to the order here so it is easy to see why they are equal.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

4% is 4 in a hundred

75 is 3/4 of a hundred

4% of 75 is 3

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

No. Stop it. Just multiply them together. This is useless.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

This only works in small cases.

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