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  • billwashere@lemmy.worldtoFunny: Home of the Haha@lemmy.worldNew Math
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    7 days ago

    If you increase something by 10% you’re doing this:

    (10% • X) + X

    (.1 • X) + X

    1.1 • X

    So you’re just multiplying the original value by 1.1. Similarly for subtracting 10% you’re multiplying by .9

    So the order in which you add or subtract 10% doesn’t matter. You always get the same number.













  • billwashere@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldISO Selfhost
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    22 days ago

    I gotta comment on the mid 70s thing and how great it is to hear that. I have also been into computers since the late 70s (well and early 80s) although I imagine I got started a little younger than you … like I was 8 and writing basic/ assembly on my various machines back in the day (TRS-80 Model III, Tandy CoCo 2, Coleco Adam, C64). So I’m only mid 50s and I thought I was the old guy around here :) But damn if you don’t give me hope that I can stay like this for many years to come.