<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>15% of 1 is 0.15, but to say "15%, by definition, is 15/100=0.15" is incomplete.</DIV><DIV>because that implies that 15% of ANY number is 15/100=0.15</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>the complete expression should be: "15/100 * n" where n is any number between -infinity and + infinity.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>KoalaCalc does our calculation for us the way we intend it do: 28.05 + 15% = 32.2575</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So, the difference between that or the Panther calc and the Tiger calc is the programming in of the understanding that the user wants 15% OF the number already entered.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>OK..it's now 3am..now, where is that leftover pumpkin pie I was after....</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>nk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 27, 2005, at 12:49 AM, John Baltutis wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Gill Sans" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Gill Sans">Really? 15%, by definition, is 15/100 = 0.15. See</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Gill Sans" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Gill Sans"><<A href="http://www.mathleague.com/help/percent/percent.htm">http://www.mathleague.com/help/percent/percent.htm</A>>,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Gill Sans" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Gill Sans"><<A href="http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L7GL.html">http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U1L7GL.html</A>>, and</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Gill Sans" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Gill Sans"><<A href="http://www.purplemath.com/modules/percents.htm">http://www.purplemath.com/modules/percents.htm</A>>.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>