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  2. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    In general, if an increase of x percent is followed by a decrease of x percent, and the initial amount was p, the final amount is p (1 + 0.01 x)(1 − 0.01 x) = p (1 − (0.01 x) 2); hence the net change is an overall decrease by x percent of x percent (the square of the original percent change when expressed as a decimal number).

  3. Percentage point - Wikipedia

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    A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). [ 1 ]

  4. The rule of 25 for retirement: What it means and how to ... - AOL

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    The rule of 25 vs. 4% rule. The rule of 25 is just a different way to look at another popular retirement rule, the 4% rule. It flips the equation (100/4% = 25) to emphasize a different part of the ...

  5. Percentile rank - Wikipedia

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    Percentile ranks are not on an equal-interval scale; that is, the difference between any two scores is not the same as between any other two scores whose difference in percentile ranks is the same. For example, 50 − 25 = 25 is not the same distance as 60 − 35 = 25 because of the bell-curve shape of the distribution. Some percentile ranks ...

  6. 9 tips for maximizing your approval for a credit card - AOL

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    For example, if you pay $2,000 a month in debt and your monthly income is $8,000, your debt-to-income ratio is 0.25 or 25 percent. Most creditors prefer DTIs less than 36 percent.

  7. Grade (slope) - Wikipedia

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    2.7% (1 in 37) – Picton- Elevation, New Zealand; 2.65% (1 in 37.7) – Lickey Incline, UK; 2.6% (1 in 38) – A slope near Halden on Østfold Line, Norway – Ok for passenger multiple units, but an obstacle for freight trains which must keep their weight down on this international mainline because of the slope. Freight traffic has mainly ...

  8. What the '2 percent' actually means in 2 percent milk — and ...

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    Rather they refer to what percentage of the total weight is milk fat. For example, one cup of milk weighs about 225 grams. Of that weight, 2% milk holds 5 grams of fat and whole milk contains 8 grams.

  9. Baker percentage - Wikipedia

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    0.7: 11.2: 3.5: 3500 fresh yeast: ... it is not necessary to calculate each ingredient's true percentage in order to calculate each ingredient's mass, provided the ...