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minus-squarezea@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoI’ve always wondered how to disambiguate multiplication and addition of percentages. I guess that’s what percentage points are for?
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days agoExactly. Unfortunately, they aren’t used widely and consistently enough. Even in the press. So you frequently have to second guess what you’re reading.
minus-squarelemmydividebyzero@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 days ago10% of your people vote for a party. The votes increase by 10% => now 11% The votes increase by 200% => now 30% The votes increased by 50 percent points => now 60%
I’ve always wondered how to disambiguate multiplication and addition of percentages. I guess that’s what percentage points are for?
Exactly. Unfortunately, they aren’t used widely and consistently enough. Even in the press. So you frequently have to second guess what you’re reading.
10% of your people vote for a party.
The votes increase by 10% => now 11%
The votes increase by 200% => now 30%
The votes increased by 50 percent points => now 60%