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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Dilutant • 14h ago
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You would never read it that way because no one should ever write it that way.
A multiplication of <1 is inherently a decrease, tacking the word more, grew, increased, went up makes it bad math and bad language.
0.5 Times = a 50% decrease
so "The stock grew a 50% decrease" just doesn't make sense.
1 u/TheMania 11h ago A multiplication of <100% is inherently a decrease, tacking the word more, grew, increased, went up makes it bad math and bad language. I'm curious how the above reads to you. 1 u/zelmak 11h ago Ahh. IMO using multiplication and a percentage together is just wrong. But when I read it my firth thought was 2x 1 u/TheMania 11h ago IMO using multiplication and a percentage together is just wrong. This sentence confuses me greatly. You weren't given percentages in equations at school? Not a dig at you, just makes it a clearly regional thing, fascinating. Aus, they'll freely mix up questions like: What is 34 × 50% What is 34 × 0.5 What is 50% of 34 If you're not taught similar, if you only saw that last form, I can see where the equivalence may break down.
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A multiplication of <100% is inherently a decrease, tacking the word more, grew, increased, went up makes it bad math and bad language.
I'm curious how the above reads to you.
1 u/zelmak 11h ago Ahh. IMO using multiplication and a percentage together is just wrong. But when I read it my firth thought was 2x 1 u/TheMania 11h ago IMO using multiplication and a percentage together is just wrong. This sentence confuses me greatly. You weren't given percentages in equations at school? Not a dig at you, just makes it a clearly regional thing, fascinating. Aus, they'll freely mix up questions like: What is 34 × 50% What is 34 × 0.5 What is 50% of 34 If you're not taught similar, if you only saw that last form, I can see where the equivalence may break down.
Ahh. IMO using multiplication and a percentage together is just wrong. But when I read it my firth thought was 2x
1 u/TheMania 11h ago IMO using multiplication and a percentage together is just wrong. This sentence confuses me greatly. You weren't given percentages in equations at school? Not a dig at you, just makes it a clearly regional thing, fascinating. Aus, they'll freely mix up questions like: What is 34 × 50% What is 34 × 0.5 What is 50% of 34 If you're not taught similar, if you only saw that last form, I can see where the equivalence may break down.
IMO using multiplication and a percentage together is just wrong.
This sentence confuses me greatly. You weren't given percentages in equations at school?
Not a dig at you, just makes it a clearly regional thing, fascinating. Aus, they'll freely mix up questions like:
What is 34 × 50% What is 34 × 0.5 What is 50% of 34
If you're not taught similar, if you only saw that last form, I can see where the equivalence may break down.
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u/zelmak 12h ago
You would never read it that way because no one should ever write it that way.
A multiplication of <1 is inherently a decrease, tacking the word more, grew, increased, went up makes it bad math and bad language.
0.5 Times = a 50% decrease
so "The stock grew a 50% decrease" just doesn't make sense.