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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
If you can show me the math used to arrive at that number, I might be persuaded that you actually understand it's context.

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reduced from 20 to 4.

20-4 is 16 (16 less)

16/20 = .8 (x100) = 80% (80% less, or an 80% reduction)

Lets make this simple.

If you have 20 apples, and 16 are stolen, that's an 80% reduction in the amount of apples you have. You have 4 left, or 20% of the original.

4/20 = .2 (x100) = 20%
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