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Thread #44633   Message #658832
Posted By: GUEST,Nigel Parsons
27-Feb-02 - 05:15 AM
Thread Name: BS: MATH PROBLEM
Subject: RE: BS: MATH PROBLEM
Mark Cohen, Trevor's maths was right, his phraseology may need correction though. He was giving a simplified way of showing the percentages. What he meant was not 1.25- 1/5 =1, BUT 1.25 minus 1/5th of 1.25 (i.e. .25) =1