@ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world
So wise.
2026-06-25 16:25 UTC
Replies (8)
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@negativenull@piefed.world 2026-06-25 16:37
Strange Panzers lying in ponds distributing shells is no basis for a system of government…
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@SpankyDoodle@eviltoast.org 2026-06-26 04:28
In either case I would multiply 5 by 6 and move the decimal. Interesting though.
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@kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2026-06-25 22:02
Another counter-intuitive percentage fact: A 10 percent discount and a 10 percent fee can be calculated in either order but they don’t cancel out. Example, 90% of (110% of 10) = 110% of (90% of 10). But neither of those is evaluates to 10. They evaluate to 9.9. For any percentage X, and any base value C, (100 - X)% x ((100 + X)% x C) = (100 + X)% x ((100 - X)% x C) = (100 - (X^2/100))% x C
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@darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-25 16:48
This is far too useful to be a shitpost.
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@stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2026-06-26 18:58
Fuck. I had to calculate 4% of 7 a few minutes ago and didn’t know this. I say fuck because it wouldn’t have helped me anyway.
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@sinematic@lemmy.zip 2026-06-27 06:37
Holy shit you solved my life there
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@starik@lemmy.today 2026-06-27 02:56
Just always convert the percentage to a decimal, and it’s easy either way. 0.06x50 is as easy as 0.5x6. They’re both just 5x6. All these comments like “What about 47% of 3.11?” Well, yeah, of course it’s harder to multiply two- and three-digit numbers than it is to multiply single-digit numbers.
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@Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 2026-06-25 16:31
Yo what