Posted by usenet+2004 on 09/01/06 08:24

usenet+2...@john.dunlop.name:

> universalbitmapper:
>
> > But if I try to find out 100 from 118 - 18%, the result is greater than
> > 100.
>
> Yes, because 18 % of 118 is greater than 18 % of 100, so 118 minus 18 %
> of 118 is over 100.

Scrub that. Should be 'under 100'.

18 % of 118 is 21.24. The result is less than 100.

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Jock

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