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  2. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    To calculate a percentage of a percentage, convert both percentages to fractions of 100, or to decimals, and multiply them. For example, 50% of 40% is: 50 / 100 × 40 / 100 = 0.50 × 0.40 = 0.20 = 20 / 100 = 20%. It is not correct to divide by 100 and use the percent sign at the same time; it would literally imply division by 10,000.

  3. Percent sign - Wikipedia

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    The percent sign % (sometimes per cent sign in British English) is the symbol used to indicate a percentage, a number or ratio as a fraction of 100. Related signs include the permille (per thousand) sign ‰ and the permyriad (per ten thousand) sign ‱ (also known as a basis point), which indicate that a number is divided by one thousand or ten thousand, respectively.

  4. Wealth inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The top 20% of Americans owned 86% of the country's wealth and the bottom 80% of the population owned 14%. In 2011, financial inequality was greater than inequality in total wealth, with the top 1% of the population owning 43%, the next 19% of Americans owning 50%, and the bottom 80% owning 7%. [15]

  5. Logarithmic scale - Wikipedia

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    A logarithmic scale (or log scale) is a method used to display numerical data that spans a broad range of values, especially when there are significant differences between the magnitudes of the numbers involved. Unlike a linear scale where each unit of distance corresponds to the same increment, on a logarithmic scale each unit of length is a ...

  6. Doubling time - Wikipedia

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    This time can be calculated by dividing the natural logarithm of 2 by the exponent of growth, or approximated by dividing 70 by the percentage growth rate (more roughly but roundly, dividing 72; see the rule of 72 for details and derivations of this formula).

  7. GDP deflator - Wikipedia

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    The formula implies that dividing the nominal GDP by the real GDP and multiplying it by 100 will give the GDP Deflator, hence "deflating" the nominal GDP into a real measure. [1] It is often useful to consider implicit price deflators for certain subcategories of GDP, such as computer hardware.

  8. Repeating decimal - Wikipedia

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    1.23444... = 1.23 + 0.00444... = 123 / 100 + 4 / 900 = 1107 / 900 + 4 / 900 = 1111 / 900. or alternatively 1.23444... = 0.79 + 0.44444... = 79 / 100 + 4 / 9 = 711 / 900 + 400 / 900 = 1111 / 900; 0.3789789... = 0.3 + 0.0789789... = 3 / 10 + 789 / 9990 = 2997 / 9990 + 789 / 9990 = 3786 / 9990 = 631 / 1665

  9. Fineness modulus - Wikipedia

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    The Fineness Modulus (FM) is an empirical figure obtained by adding the total percentage of the sample of an aggregate retained on each of a specified series of sieves, dividing the sum by 100. Sieves sizes are: 150-μm (No. 100), 300-μm (No. 50), 600-μm (No. 30), 1.18-mm (No. 16), 2.36-mm (No. 8), 4.75-mm (No. 4), 9.5-mm (3/8-in.), 19.0-mm ...

  10. Long division - Wikipedia

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    1 2 5 (q, changes from 000 to 100 to 1 20 to 1 2 5 as per notes below) 4)500 400 ( 4 × 100 = 400) 100 (500 - 400 = 100; now q= 100, r= 100; note q×4+r = 500.) 80 ( 4 × 20 = 80) 20 (100 - 80 = 20; now q= 1 20, r= 20; note q×4+r = 500.) 20 ( 4 × 5 = 20) 0 ( 20 - 20 = 0; now q= 1 2 5, r= 0; note q×4+r = 500.)

  11. Mass concentration (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    In solutions, mass concentration is commonly encountered as the ratio of mass/ [volume solution], or m/v. In water solutions containing relatively small quantities of dissolved solute (as in biology), such figures may be "percentivized" by multiplying by 100 a ratio of grams solute per mL solution. The result is given as "mass/volume percentage".