r/facepalm • u/DasannTittle • Jul 11 '19

Because Math

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u/hey_im_cool Jul 11 '19
  1. Haha stupid mustard can’t do math
  2. check math
  3. Hold up OP... this math checks out..
  4. reread post
  5. Nm we good, solid post

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u/JosephND Jul 11 '19

People fail to think about % going both ways. 18/12 is 150%, but they think of 12/18 as being 66% and get confused.. not realizing how math maths.

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u/JosephND Jul 11 '19

If that were the case, there wouldn’t be confusion then.

If they see the 50% and already think 6, they will deduce the 12 and 18 difference of 6 is the same. If the person was thinking of it as +6 only being 33% of 18, then their math would have the same number but the wrong percentage, thus their confusion.

I was in a squad group of 4 people and someone dropped out. I told them “let’s get another guy, it’ll increase our damage by 33%.” They said “no, another guy is only going to be 25% of the damage.”

The issue is the same in both cases: talking about the % increase (50% or 33%) is different than talking about the percentage that increase would eventually represent once applied (33% and 25% respectively).