• RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz
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    13 hours ago

    The annoying part is that there is no well-known notation for showing percentage points, so people use % for both percentages and percentage points.

    • Szyler@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      I like how some games use “increases by +10%” as percentage points and “increases by 10%” as percentage.

      Or how oath of exile does it, with “(base + base * increases by y%) * z% more”

      So with a base of 5%, chance increased by 20%, and chance increased by 30%, with a 40% more chance, you’d get:

      (5% + 5% x (20% + 30%)) x (1+40%) = 7.5% x 1.4 = 10.5%

    • ziggurat@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      In deep rock galactic survival, the color of the number is different for percentage and percentage points