To: Taliesan
Why is it I just can't grab my calulator and say: 508.00 minus 6%? You would think I would get the right number....
340 posted on
03/07/2006 12:11:58 PM PST by
Fawn
(I want the Madonna and Mick Jagger diet and exercise books!!!)
To: Fawn
Why is it I just can't grab my calulator and say: 508.00 minus 6%? You would think I would get the right number....Try this: 508-508*.06, you'll get the right answer.
346 posted on
03/07/2006 12:16:25 PM PST by
IYAAYAS
(Live free or die trying)
To: Fawn
Why is it I just can't grab my calulator and say: 508.00 minus 6%? You would think I would get the right number.... Because you don't want to take 6% off of the figure you have.
You want to know which figure had 6% added to it to yield the number you have now.
SD
To: Fawn
If the question was "what is 94% of 508?" you would. But in this case the question is "what number is 508 106% of?". Oh, was that a serious question, or are you just demonstrating why having a functioning calculator is not enough to reach the right answer? - you need to know the right question, to start with.
360 posted on
03/07/2006 12:31:47 PM PST by
-YYZ-
To: Fawn
Why is it I just can't grab my calulator and say: 508.00 minus 6%? You would think I would get the right number.... No. It's not 6% of 508. It's 6% of an unknown, TO GET TO 508.
You see, that's why we we need algebra. : )
405 posted on
03/07/2006 1:13:46 PM PST by
Taliesan
(What you allow into the data set is the whole game.)
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