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

[Eugene]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 03:52:12AM CST, silvo conticello <silvoc at tiscali.it> wrote:
: 
: On 29 Nov 2005, at 03:51, net kat wrote:
: 
: >It was also disclosed that the Panther calculator and some versions  
: >of the Tiger Calculator
: >do successfully interpret 28.05 + 15% as 32.2575
: 
: A bit off topic from the thread, but it could be useful: in these  
: days I don't use anymore the calculator (application or widget), I  
: use instead Launchbar coupled with Google.
: I just invoke a google search from launchbar and type there my  
: formula and the result "magically" appears on a webpage. This is much  
: faster than opening calculator and start typing or dialing the formula.
: To go back in topic: google calculator works as the tiger calculator  
: (28.05 + 15%=28.2) :(

"+ 15%" of what?

You really want Calculator.app to evaluate "28.05 + 15%"
as "28.05 + (28.05 * 0.15)", i.e. "28.05 * 1.15" ?

Oh lord, won't you buy me, a Mercedes-Benz...


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