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minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·17 hours agoBecause $7386 is a lot more than $0.
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoA 99% reduction from $2.9 billion is $29 million. On the scale from $0 to $29 million, $7,386 is much closer to $0, so it’s more accurate to say the deal was cut by 100% unless you want to quote it with several decimal places. It’s 99.9997% to 4 places.
Because $7386 is a lot more than $0.
And a lot less than $29,000,000.
…huh? That would be 0%
A 99% reduction from $2.9 billion is $29 million. On the scale from $0 to $29 million, $7,386 is much closer to $0, so it’s more accurate to say the deal was cut by 100% unless you want to quote it with several decimal places.
It’s 99.9997% to 4 places.