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

[net kat]

Again, we're distinguishing between a mathmatical procedure and a  
Calculator behavior.

"+15%" is, by convention, an accepted, implemented and utilized  
method of finding out the result of making  a number X-percent larger.

But yes, your understand of percent seems to be pretty solid.

nk



On Nov 28, 2005, at 12:04 PM, John Baltutis wrote:

> If you want to make a number, say x, fifteen percent bigger, then the
> appropriate mathematical function is: x * 1.15, not x + 15%.

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