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  2. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    In general, if an increase of x percent is followed by a decrease of x percent, and the initial amount was p, the final amount is p (1 + 0.01 x)(1 − 0.01 x) = p (1 − (0.01 x) 2); hence the net change is an overall decrease by x percent of x percent (the square of the original percent change when expressed as a decimal number).

  3. Pot odds - Wikipedia

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    For example, the pot is $30, and the cost of the call is $10. The pot odds in this situation are 30:10, or 3:1 when simplified. To get the percentage, 1 is divided by the sum of 3 and 1, giving 0.25, or 25% or 1/(3+1). To convert any percentage or fraction to the equivalent odds, the numerator is subtracted from the denominator.

  4. Odds - Wikipedia

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    In a 3-horse race, for example, the true probabilities of each of the horses winning based on their relative abilities may be 50%, 40% and 10%. The total of these three percentages is 100%, thus representing a fair 'book'. The true odds against winning for each of the three horses are 1–1, 3–2 and 9–1, respectively.

  5. Division (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In terms of partition, 20 / 5 means the size of each of 5 parts into which a set of size 20 is divided. For example, 20 apples divide into five groups of four apples, meaning that "twenty divided by five is equal to four". This is denoted as 20 / 5 = 4, or ⁠ 20 / 5 ⁠ = 4. [2] In the example, 20 is the dividend, 5 is the divisor, and 4 is ...

  6. Winning percentage - Wikipedia

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    For example, if a team's season record is 30 wins and 20 losses, the winning percentage would be 60% or 0.600: % = % If a team's season record is 30–15–5 (i.e. it has won thirty games, lost fifteen and tied five times), and if the five tie games are counted as 2 1 ⁄ 2 wins, then the team has an adjusted record of 32 1 ⁄ 2 wins, resulting in a 65% or .650 winning percentage for the ...

  7. Guess 2/3 of the average - Wikipedia

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    In game theory, "guess ⁠ 2 / 3 ⁠ of the average" is a game where players simultaneously select a real number between 0 and 100, inclusive. The winner of the game is the player(s) who select a number closest to ⁠ 2 / 3 ⁠ of the average of numbers chosen by all players.

  8. Percentage solution - Wikipedia

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    Percentage solution may refer to: Mass fraction (or "% w/w" or "wt.%"), for percent mass Volume fraction (or "% v/v" or "vol.%"), volume concentration, for percent volume

  9. Division by two - Wikipedia

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    Example: 1738/2=? Write 01738. We will now work on finding the result. 01: even digit followed by 1, write 0. 17: odd digit followed by 7, write 8. 73: odd digit followed by 3, write 6. 38: odd digit followed by 8, write 9. Result: 0869. From the example one can see that 0 is even. If the last digit of N is odd digit one should add 0.5 to the ...