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Αnonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 14:57:03 UTC No. 16175555
How do you use the percentage button on literally any calculator? It never does anything in person or on my computer. AI advice:
What does the % button do on a calculator? How do you use it? Example?
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The % button on a calculator is typically used to calculate a percentage of a given number. Here's how it works:
Enter the number you want to calculate the percentage for.
Press the % button.
Enter the percentage you want to calculate (e.g., 25%).
Press the equals button (=) to calculate the result.
For example, let's say you want to calculate 25% of $100.
Enter 100 on your calculator.
Press the % button.
Enter 25.
Press the equals button (=).
The result will be:
100 × 0.25 = 25
So, 25% of $100 is $25.
You can also use the % button to find a percentage of a given number by using the following formula:
(number) × (percentage/100) = result
For example, if you want to find 15% of $200, you can use the following formula:
200 × (15/100) = 30
This would give you the same result as calculating 15% of $200 using the % button on your calculator.
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The example given doesn't work. It behaves inconsistently. In one window, the % sign invariably turns any input into a zero. In another window,
Hitting 12 and "%" gets me 9.6, so in trying to find out what 12% of 100 is, I type "12" "%" "100" and the output is "100-20=80"
What the fuck?
https://files.catbox.moe/235tzj.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/rtg7hl.mp4
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 16:14:04 UTC No. 16175647
What's the point of this other than to rant about a problem 10 year olds face?
Αnonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 16:43:24 UTC No. 16175688
>>16175647
Well the problem is resolved by ignoring the percentage button, but this still begs the obvious question.
bodhi at Tue, 14 May 2024 17:34:16 UTC No. 16175739
>>16175555
100 x 50% = 50
retard
Αnonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 17:41:28 UTC No. 16175747
>>16175739
>100 x 50% = 50
Try reading the thread before you post, name friend.
At no point in the OP post do I mention wanting to know 50% of anything, and in any case, the issue here isn't that I'm too stupid to do the basic multiplying by 0.XX to find what XX % of something is.
The issue is that I have no idea what the percentage BUTTON does. I know how to calculate percentages, since that's easy enough for most second graders. I'm wondering about the BUTTON.
I'm putting that word in capitals, so its easier for you to read. Let me know if that helps. :)
The word is "BUTTON" in the context of the "percentage BUTTON."
That's the thing I don't understand, and have enclosed two videos demonstrating inconsistent behavior.
If it's too much trouble to scroll up, I'll copy-paste it here for you.
https://files.catbox.moe/235tzj.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/rtg7hl.mp4
I type alot of the same stuff in both of those short videos (less than a minute each) and yet I get wildly different results, which you're not supposed to get in math.
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 19:46:12 UTC No. 16175941
>>16175555
I also never understood how to use the % button. I'd rather type:
× 0.25 to take the 25%
× 1.25 to add 25%
× 0.75 to remove 25%
÷ 0.25 to un-take the 25%
÷ 1.25 to un-add 25%
÷ 0.75 to un-remove 25%
and so on. In fact, I challenge anybody to do all of the above with the % button, especially the ÷ variants.
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 20:06:51 UTC No. 16175973
>>16175555
Isn't that the Modulus function?
e.g. 3 mod 2 is 1.
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 20:08:07 UTC No. 16175979
>>16175973
just tested it, nope it's just retarded.
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 20:27:28 UTC No. 16176022
%=1/100
So 4%is just 0.04
4%10=0.4
Lol
Anonymous at Tue, 14 May 2024 20:52:27 UTC No. 16176071
>>16175973
Do you have any concept about how the world works? Like how things emerged.
Like, why do programming languages use % for modulus? Because % is the modulus sign? No, because % is on a keyboard, you retard.
Now consider calculators. Why do they use certain symbols? Just because the symbols happen to lie around on the keyboards? No, you retard.
Anonynous at Wed, 15 May 2024 02:21:32 UTC No. 16176513
>>16176071
Geez louise settle down.
Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 05:54:57 UTC No. 16176715
How the FUCK do the MEM buttons work?
Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 06:48:55 UTC No. 16176748
Zoomers can't use Google to search information. BIG LOL, RETARDS
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldn
Αnonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 17:57:31 UTC No. 16177228
>>16175555
Which episode was this?
Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 21:06:24 UTC No. 16177472
What about the STAT button