1% equals 1/93 True or False?

[_Rave_]

who the forget rounds 7% up?

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[Ipquarx]

who the forget rounds 7% up?

.07% down*

1/93 = approx. 1.0753%

[_Rave_]

.07% down*

1/93 = approx. 1.0753%

no, who rounds 93% up by 7%.  you don't round up when you're 7 away.

[Ipquarx]

no, who rounds 93% up by 7%.  you don't round up when you're 7 away.

but... 1/93 isn't 93%. it's 1.075%. you're thinking of 93/100.

[Blockzillahead]

both are correct. but one is more correct
take a scissors and cut the 20 dollar bill in half

[Unwritten Calender]

both are correct. but one is more correct
take a scissors and cut the 20 dollar bill in half

no, one is correct and one is incorrect

[Blockzillahead]

no, one is correct and one is incorrect

how dare you. everyone is a winner!

[$trinick]

Isn't (1/3)*3 = 1?

Edit: Oh i see, 0.33*3 is equal to 0.99... That's because you are removing the "infinite" bit to it, the part that makes the whole difference between 0.9999 to 1

The ".." after the numbers indicates that it's repeating.

No, (1/3)*3 = 1.

You would multiply the numerator by 3, providing 3/3 which equals 1/1.

The point of my post was saying that 0.99 repeating equals 1. 1/3 is the same as 0.33 repeating, and when you multiply a 3 by a 3 you get a 9. So, just as .333 * 3 = .999, .33 repeating * 3 = .99 repeating.

[Swat 3]

This topic reminds me of the conundrum of how 0.999 (repeating) is equal to 1.

Well, it practically is (in applied use, of course).

Technically, it isn't.

You can infer that one .999999999999999999999999... of a soda is "equal" to 1 soda (because it doesn't matter, really), but you can't really say that .99999999999999... actually equals 1.

OT:
1%, or 1/100, is definately not "equal" to 1/93. They simply do not have exactly the same numbers.

1% is not equal to 1.075268817...%.
Simply cannot be.

The point of my post was saying that 0.99 repeating equals 1. 1/3 is the same as 0.33 repeating, and when you multiply a 3 by a 3 you get a 9. So, just as .333 * 3 = .999, .33 repeating * 3 = .99 repeating.

You are wrong.

.99999999... repeating DOES NOT equal 1. 1/3 DOES equal .333..., but that goes on forever. So simply adding 3 1/3s does indeed make a 1, but multiplying .333... by 3 and saying that it equals .99... is simply ludicrous.

Sure, if it was .33 * 3 it would be .99, but we are dealing with infinite, non-terminating fractions and if you infer otherwise you break the simple laws of mathematics.

[Maxwell.]

take a scissors and cut the 20 dollar bill in half

this just seems like a waste of $20

[The Brighter Dark]

he thinks 93 is the total, and applies that to the dominator. what he doesn't realize is that 100= the total, no matter what number it is. so like if you have 5 of something you would need 5 things to have 100% of them

[Unwritten Calender]

he thinks 93 is the total, and applies that to the dominator. what he doesn't realize is that 100= the total, no matter what number it is. so like if you have 5 of something you would need 5 things to have 100% of them

no, 93 is the total but 93 in this case is 100%

[The Brighter Dark]

no, 93 is the total but 93 in this case is 100%

exactly, just replace 5 in my example with 93

[Zanaran2]

1% = 0.01 = 1/100
1/100 =/= 1/93
Why it takes you people 4 pages to explain this simple ass question bugs me.

[otto-san]

1% = 0.01 = 1/100
1/100 =/= 1/93
Why it takes you people 4 pages to explain this simple ass question bugs me.

it didn't even take one

people are just discussing the semantics of decimal values because it's relevant