Author Topic: 1% equals 1/93 True or False? (Read 2789 times)

pefu19 · December 12, 2014, 05:23:55 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage

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In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100.

go back to school you loving idiots
according to wikipedia 100% = 1, so 1% = 1 divided by 100 so 1/100

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Futurjojo · December 12, 2014, 05:25:55 PM

Quote from: pefu19 on December 12, 2014, 05:23:55 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentagego back to school you loving idiots
according to wikipedia 100% = 1, so 1% = 1 divided by 100 so 1/100

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Yosher · December 13, 2014, 05:56:32 AM

how are people even having discussions about this? i might have joked about it earlier but this is literally first grade math

stay in school

McJob · December 13, 2014, 05:59:44 AM

1/100 = 0.01 = 1%
1/93 = 0.010752688172043 = 1.07%

Unless you were to round down, which is a bit silly, 1/93 is a (slightly) greater percentage, and not equal to 1/100.

General · December 13, 2014, 08:02:17 AM

is 0.9 recurring the same as 1?

How can a value be 0.1 to the infinite smaller than a number?

ZombieDude · December 13, 2014, 08:03:01 AM

Quote from: General on December 13, 2014, 08:02:17 AM

is 0.9 recurring the same as 1?

yes

General · December 13, 2014, 08:07:57 AM

Quote from: ZombieDude on December 13, 2014, 08:03:01 AM

yes

Parently there's no correct answer, there's a constant controversy over it.

It's like, how does inertial mass relate to quantitative mass? Nobody knows.

$trinick · December 13, 2014, 01:13:07 PM

Quote from: General on December 13, 2014, 08:07:57 AM

Parently there's no correct answer, there's a constant controversy over it.

Not true. It's a pretty basic calculus concept where a decimal infinitely approaches a whole number.

Plus, it can be proved really easily as such:

1/3 = 0.33.. * 3 = .99..

General · December 13, 2014, 05:58:11 PM

Quote from: $trinick on December 13, 2014, 01:13:07 PM

1/3 = 0.33.. * 3 = .99..

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

Jubel · December 13, 2014, 06:03:02 PM

Quote from: General on December 13, 2014, 05:58:11 PM

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.

It really depends on what you're trying to express with the number as well.

.9999 either can or cannot be equal to one.

It can be if you're expressing three thirds.
It can't be if you're expressing exact numbers, such as with some graphs where f(x) ≠ 1

SetGaming · December 13, 2014, 06:43:08 PM

Quote from: General on December 13, 2014, 05:58:11 PM

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

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

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

OP, it's percent, or "per centenial," meaning in measure of 100's. 1/93 would be "per - 93," not percent, so 1/93 wouldn't be 1%. When you affect one part of the fraction, you have to affect the other. I.E: 1/50 -> 2/100. You double both sides.

General · December 14, 2014, 03:53:25 AM

Quote from: SetGaming on December 13, 2014, 06:43:08 PM

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

That's what I said...

Menen · December 14, 2014, 04:08:15 AM

Quote from: Rad�owave on December 12, 2014, 01:33:51 AM

Lol I'm getting mixed up so badly right now.
I basically meant that he can't round because I never
asked him to. I just asked him a straight up
question, and he automatically assumed that he
should round

rounding does not magically change original values.

if you have 9 people in a room and you round up you dont suddenly get another person teleported into the room

General · December 14, 2014, 12:06:29 PM

Yeah rounding is only useful in some cases; like if a calculation states there are 9.5 people in a room, you round down to 9 cause you can't have half a person...

However if you are calculating the trajectory to which a rocket must be launched, rounding could very easily make a massive difference.

General · December 14, 2014, 12:10:23 PM

Quote from: General on December 14, 2014, 12:06:29 PM

you can't have half a person...

Impending sick joke...