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minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-218 hours ago“By 80 percentage points” means add 80 more points to a number of percentage points, so 5% becomes 85%. “By 80 percent” means add 80 percent of the current value.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 hours agoI know. By x % and by x percentage points is the most commonly confused pair, not by x % and to x %.
“By 80 percentage points” means add 80 more points to a number of percentage points, so 5% becomes 85%. “By 80 percent” means add 80 percent of the current value.
I know. By x % and by x percentage points is the most commonly confused pair, not by x % and to x %.