minus-squarepolarbear@lemmy.worldtoA Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•This sign says it all.linkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agothat’s how percentages work lol. if you have 100 usd, 100.5 usd would be a 0.5% increase not a 0.005 percent increase (which you would get by dividing 0.5/100, right?) linkfedilink
minus-squarepolarbear@lemmy.worldtoA Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•This sign says it all.linkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 year agohow did you get 0.005%? 3 x 100 / 522 is a 0.575 percent increase linkfedilink
that’s how percentages work lol. if you have 100 usd, 100.5 usd would be a 0.5% increase not a 0.005 percent increase (which you would get by dividing 0.5/100, right?)