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ok, after a heated discussion with a retarded friend (and i put myself solidly in that category too...)
heres the dealio--
my mom had 3 dogs. she just got a 4th one, and i remarked how much more it seemed to take
to feed that 1 extra dog. my friend said "well. yeah--it just went up by 25%"... i said, no, it went
up by 33%--and heres how my bizarre reasoning works...
if theoretically it cost $99 to feed 3 dogs for a month, thats $33/dog. adding 1 more dog doesnt
make it go up $25 (25% of $100--or $99 in this case) it went up another $33. thats 1/3, or 33.333333333%....
now if it was $100 per month to feed 4 dogs ($25/dog) and you added a 5THdog, it would indeed be a $25
increase--and 25% added, as 100 divided by 4 is 25--$ or %, same deal.
keep in mind i have been hit in the head ALOT, and freely and willingly admit to not being the sharpest
tool in the shed. but am i just being dumb here, or is an increase from 3 to 4 really 33%, not 25%...
these are the things that keep me awake at night.........
heres the dealio--
my mom had 3 dogs. she just got a 4th one, and i remarked how much more it seemed to take
to feed that 1 extra dog. my friend said "well. yeah--it just went up by 25%"... i said, no, it went
up by 33%--and heres how my bizarre reasoning works...
if theoretically it cost $99 to feed 3 dogs for a month, thats $33/dog. adding 1 more dog doesnt
make it go up $25 (25% of $100--or $99 in this case) it went up another $33. thats 1/3, or 33.333333333%....
now if it was $100 per month to feed 4 dogs ($25/dog) and you added a 5THdog, it would indeed be a $25
increase--and 25% added, as 100 divided by 4 is 25--$ or %, same deal.
keep in mind i have been hit in the head ALOT, and freely and willingly admit to not being the sharpest
tool in the shed. but am i just being dumb here, or is an increase from 3 to 4 really 33%, not 25%...
these are the things that keep me awake at night.........
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