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For degrees, percentage (%) and per-mille (‰) notations, larger numbers are steeper slopes. For ratios, larger numbers n of 1 in n are shallower, easier slopes.. The examples show round numbers in one or more of the notations and some documented and reasonably well known instances.
A pie chart showing the percentage by web browser visiting Wikimedia sites (April 2009 to 2012) In mathematics, a percentage (from Latin per centum 'by a hundred') is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign (%), [1] although the abbreviations pct., pct, and sometimes pc are also used. [2]
Variants include the 1–9–90 rule (sometimes 90–9–1 principle or the 89:10:1 ratio), [1] which states that in a collaborative website such as a wiki, 90% of the participants of a community only consume content, 9% of the participants change or update content, and 1% of the participants add content.
For example, older televisions have a 4:3 aspect ratio, which means that the width is 4/3 of the height (this can also be expressed as 1.33:1 or just 1.33 rounded to two decimal places). More recent widescreen TVs have a 16:9 aspect ratio, or 1.78 rounded to two decimal places. One of the popular widescreen movie formats is 2.35:1 or simply 2.35.
Finally, there's good news for homebuyers and for homeowners who want to refinance their mortgages: The 30-year fixed mortgage rate now averages 6.73%, dropping significantly from its 20-year peak ...
For example, in a solution with a 1:5 dilution ratio, entails combining 1 unit volume of solute (the material to be diluted) with 5 unit volumes of the solvent to give 6 total units of total volume. In photographic development, dilutions are normally given in a '1+x' format.
between 2008 and 2012, better performance than 1% of all directors The Anthony A. Williams Stock Index From December 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Anthony A. Williams joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -62.3 percent return on your investment, compared to a 61.1 percent return from the ...
From January 2008 to September 2008, if you bought shares in companies when Charles T. Manatt joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -10.1 percent return on your investment, compared to a -24.6 percent return from the S&P 500.