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194 comments on DrumBeat: April 18, 2008

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dtbks on April 18, 2008 - 1:56pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Thank god, someone can do basic arithmetic. *whew*

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DaveMart on April 18, 2008 - 2:32pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Yeah, I should have written 'an increase to 300% from the original base figure' but figured that anyone of normal intelligence would be able to follow, so did not bother re-writing.

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Gwydion on April 18, 2008 - 3:14pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I've always wondered why it is that going from 3% to 9% wouldn't be an increase of 6% (9-3=6). It seems that when you quote the 300% figure, you're talking about the percent that a percent is changing, but that ought to be a per-decimil rather than per-cent, but people never agree with me on that.

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Berserk on April 18, 2008 - 3:42pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

That's where percentage points come in.

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elwoodelmore on April 18, 2008 - 4:37pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

hell yes, it 6%, but 200% of 3%(thats %%, or %^2)

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