[X4U] Is the topic of how calculators do percentages worth 87 posts to this list?

[T.L. Miller]

On 11/29/05, at 9:22 AM, net kat netkat at comcast.net said:

>I have noticed that the folks here who prefer to calculate their  
>percents using the 28.05 * 1.15 method don't really have a dog in  
>this fight as to how Calculator's % key behaves. These same users say  
>they don't like and don't even USE the % key, so logically, it should  
>be no skin off their noses if part of the world prefers the % key to  
>"do the math" for a user who actually USES that key.

There is no standard (none anyone is aware of, anyway) that calculator
makers and software writers have as to how that % key performs. Until
there is a standard, if you use more than one calculator, it may be
wiser to avoid that key. Since math is based on logic, the logic in your
above example ought to prevail and become the standard. 


Tom Miller
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