• DharkStare@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        In the meme example you wouldn’t, but if you were trying to figure out Something like 2% of 5, it’s easier to do (2 * 5)/100=0.1 then to do .02 * 5 or .05 * 2.

        My comment was mainly pointing out that you can multiply those numbers in whatever order you want.