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[telectrix]

I always preferred vulgar fractions 2.5/1.5===5/3

(then reminding your common sense 0.99999999 .. =1)
so a third is 0.333333333 ..

Spock strikes with logic yet again. but McCoy would argue that 0.3333333 is not a turd. it's life Jim, but not as we know it. (enter the Borg).

 

[Zerax]

I'm old school... I prefer 1⅔

 

[telectrix]

and pi is 22/7.

 

[telectrix]

think this thread has fractionally run it's course.

 

[Zerax]

I'm old school... I prefer 1⅔

 

[Zerax]

And the VAT fraction is 1/6 but used to be 7/47... life is far easier in fractions !

 

[telectrix]

how is 1/6 related to 20%?

 

[Zerax]

how is 1/6 related to 20%?

If you know the gross figure (net+vat) divide it by 6 and times 1 to give you the VAT... Not so relevant now as 20% is easy to work with, but when it was 17.5%, you'd divide by 47 and times by 7 for the VAT element. Or times by 40 instead to give you the Net element.

Far easier than multiplying the gross by 0.148936 to give you the VAT.

Fractions are very useful things... as are feet and inches but that's a different topic...

 

[Pete999]

make sure your leads are making a good solid connection before you go taking sockets off the walls