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How Do Percentages Stack Up? : R/NoStupidQuestions - Reddit

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Percentages do not sum up. When doing calculations with chances, you're better of using "out of one" than percent (out of 100). 10% is 0.1, 100% is 1.0, and so on. You're asking about the …

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How Do I Stack Percentages? : R/NoStupidQuestions - Reddit

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I just thought of a better example. Kinda innapropriate, but it gets the point across: If a condom reduces the chance of getting pregnant by 95%, pills by 70%, and Plan B by 50% (these are …

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I Don't Understand Percentages : R/NoStupidQuestions - Reddit

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That's a really good analogy, I love it! If you didn't spin the barrel after each "attempt" your chances of finding the bullet would increase significantly from "1 in 6" (16.7%) firstly to "1 in 5" …

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How Do You Calculate A Percentage? : R/NoStupidQuestions - Reddit

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I am trying to learn how to calculate a percentage in terms of "this item is $60, but it is 20% off". ... So if you rephrase the question to fit in that format, then match them up, it’d be “What IS 20% …

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Confusion With Percentages. : R/learnmath - Reddit

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the expression "find the percentage" is weird too. Percent means 1/100. 100%=1 When they say "find the percentage", they mean write the answer with a percentage sign . You do that by …

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How Do I Calculate Percentages Quickly? : R/NoStupidQuestions

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10 is easy, just move the decimal one place. 10% of $118.54 is $11.85 20 is not much harder because it's double 10: 20% of $364.52 is twice $36.45 which is $72.90

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Why Do We Use Percentages? : R/NoStupidQuestions - Reddit

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Percentages are commonly used in everyday life, for tax rates, accuracy scores, etc. But why do we use them? If I am 35% of the way to my destination, I know have traveled 35 units of …

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How Do You Work Out Reverse Percentages? : R/NoStupidQuestions …

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For example if something is 25% off and it's £675 how would you work out what it was at full price?

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How Do You Calculate A Gpa? : R/NoStupidQuestions - Reddit

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Typically, percent grades are translated to letter grades, typically 93%+ is an A, 90-92% is an A-, 87-89 B+, 83-86 B, 80-82 B- and so on… To figure out GPA, those are then translated to a 4.0 …

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