[X4U] Tiger's Calculator.app no longer does percentages?

[T.L. Miller]

On 11/27/05, at 3:25 PM, Aron Spencer aron at r8ix.com said:

>Nevertheless, 15% is not exclusively a ratio. It is a shorthand for
>"hundredths". So 24839% = 248.39
>
>Obviously, the problem is that there is no "of" button on the calculator.
>
>As far as tipping goes, there is an implied "of" as in "of the bill"
>which is distinctly different than the OP's notation of "+". Hence the
>inconsistent calculator convention.

Agreed, 15% is 15/100s or .15 -- that's why 15% of 28.05 is .15 X 28.05
not .15 + 28.05.


Tom Miller
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