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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah the correct term would be "commutative" as someone already pointed out. Meaning the order doesn't matter when considering multiple percentages. E.g 50% of 73% of something is the same as 73% of 50% of that same thing