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AlexdeParis said: NDRU said: You can set up a ratio
66.666667/100 = X/45 and subtract x from 45 But again, you can do that in your head if you recognize 66-2/3% is equal to 2/3. ah, right! My Legacy
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retina said: The media often relies on calculations with percentages to make an impact these days. You see headlines like "Left hand index finger cancer has increased by 200% in the last year!" and people think "Oh no, left hand index finger cancer is getting out of control! I'd better have a checkup!" but the crucial information of how many cases there are has been left out. It could be 1 case worldwide that increased to 3 cases for all we know, in which case there surely is no need to worry. So I think it can be quite misleading.
Counting with percentages can be confusing in other cases too. Say that you have something that loses 90% of its value. How much, in per cent, would the value need to increase by from there to regain its original value? 90%? Nope, try 900%... So these days when they say that stocks have gained more than 40% (or whatever) in the last few months that sounds great, but it's from such low levels comparatively speaking that the valuations still aren't that impressive. I see Retina's presence in GD has increased in the third quarter of 2009 by an infinite percent! My Legacy
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Are you sure that's exactly how the problem reads? Because it doesn't make any sense. "66-2/3%" of what? Or is it "(66 + 2/3(66))-45" - which would be 66+44=110-45=65?
2/3% by itself doesn't make any sense - because they're asking for a percent of a percent. 2/3 is a percent (.66666), which means they're saying .66666%% We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Vendetta1 said: thekidsgirl said:  that is beautiful....I love math When I know for certain that the minor has left this thread I will tell you how hot I thought it was that you could figure that. | |
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Genesia said: Are you sure that's exactly how the problem reads?
The problem was restated later in the thread: heybaby said: What is 66 and 2/3% less than 45? "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: Genesia said: Are you sure that's exactly how the problem reads?
The problem was restated later in the thread: heybaby said: What is 66 and 2/3% less than 45? Okay. So, basically they want to know what is 33-1/3% (or one-third) of 45. The answer is 15. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: AlexdeParis said: Okay. So, basically they want to know what is 33-1/3% (or one-third) of 45. The answer is 15.  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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Genesia said: AlexdeParis said: Okay. So, basically they want to know what is 33-1/3% (or one-third) of 45. The answer is 15. that answer is sooo page one! My Legacy
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NDRU said: Genesia said: Okay. So, basically they want to know what is 33-1/3% (or one-third) of 45. The answer is 15. that answer is sooo page one! I didn't read the whole thing. Math bores me.  We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Say, if you're reading a math book for the summer break, be sure to post on my summer reading thre--
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