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[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I thought with "reversible" they meant that a number falling 50% and then rising 50% afterwards, it is the same number, which is not true.

10 * 50% = 5

5 * 150% = 7.5

[–] 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

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