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thesquanderer

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2. Looks like they corrected "29%" to "29 percentage points," good.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 11:45 AM

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I think part of this country's mathematical illiteracy about percentages comes from the fact that media has so-often mis-used it.

That they'd even have to correct it rather than getting it right the first time would be an example of people in the media not getting it.

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