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# no but the question
states 58% and 34% of people - if there are 100 people, 58 of 100 read in 1994 and 34 of 100 in 2008 meaning a drop of 24% - whatever the value is for people is 100%, and the percentage decline relates to this value
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:09, archived)
# wrong
there is a decline of readership of 41.4%
24% less of the population now read a paper
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:14, archived)
# the question doesn't state whether its readership or population
just asks for the decline, so both are right
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:16, archived)
# Mighty Nibus asked for the decline.
And clearly demonstrated the ability to subtract 34 from 58, so I'm pretty sure the answer to his question is 41.4%.
If it's for a presentation, he probably shouldn't say 'it is both 41.4 AND 24 percent'.
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:21, archived)
# so because he got 24%
the answer must be 41.4%? Nibus I think he's calling you thick
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:26, archived)
#
okay, let's split the difference - the answer is 32.7%
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:36, archived)
# I can't decide
if you know I'm being silly or if you're getting wound up
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:40, archived)
# I can't decide if you think 32.7 was a serious sugestion :)
edit for clarity: no, I wasn't taking it seriously - I'm glad I correctly assumed that you weren't either.
Nibus clearly lost interest some time ago...
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:41, archived)
# Yep, that could be right too
sometimes I see BBC news articles treat a percentage drop in this way and I get confused, but they're an official national institution and hardly ever make lots of typos so it must be a valid way to do it.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:15, archived)
# the percentage decline is the percentage decline of the percentages.
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# if Percentage Decline is the name of a mathematical rule
then it should have captials, and not be written in lower case where it could be misinterpreted and generalised
I stopped doing Maths after GCSE, but I have an English degree so I'm now attempting to baffle you mathematicians with linguistics
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:25, archived)
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(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 13:32, archived)