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To: Labyrinthos

Percentage increases and increases measured as a multiple are always tricky and confusing. I simplify and work up from there. So...

1X greater would be a 100% increase, right? If you had 100 of something and a 1X increase, you’d have 200 of that thing. That’s a 100% increase from the original 100.

Following that, 10X greater would be a 1,000% increase and 100X greater would be a 10,000% increase.

But, to be precise, you also have to subtract 100% from the final value. So 133X = 13,300% - 100% = 13,200%.


23 posted on 06/13/2023 9:32:29 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks for the explanation.


30 posted on 06/13/2023 9:44:07 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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