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[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (5 children)

Convert percentage to fraction, i.e, 80% become 0.8 Then multiply with initial value

If it says 80% more use initial + (initial*80) or simply initial*1.8

Or if it says 80% less, use - in above calculation or multiply by 0.2

I find percentages more neat when used as fractional number Edited to escape the multiplication symbol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's really not even converting, as percent is literally "1/100" (per-cent = per 100). It's purely convenient shorthand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, the math straight up works in the fractional form

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