let's have Boner explain..............

From : transurgeon

Q: max dodge wrote sorry trans....but if you go down to staples...im sure theyd be more than happy to sell you a calculator. the calculator would prove gary correct. 3/2 = 1.5 but 3% .03 / 2% .02 = 150% 1.5 some people need to realize that percentages are expressed differently when written as decimals. no they dont. the .03 and .02 are not a percentage of different whole portion or denominator. you can change a percentage to a decimal. you can divide add or multiply a decimal by a decimal but you cannot divide a percentage into a percentage. decimal ........ a linear array of digits that represents a real number every decimal place indicating a multiple of a negative power of 10. for example the decimal 0.1 = 1/10 0.12 = 12/100 0.003 = 3/1000. also called decimal fraction. percentage ...... a fraction or ratio with 100 understood as the denominator; for example 0.98 equals a percentage of 98. so when you change the 3% and 2% to a fraction/decimal with both from the same denominator you have created two new whole/denominators. gary is full of shit................. jerry .