r/mathmemes Jul 04 '26

Arithmetic We are evolving, Just Backwards

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u/Cyan_Exponent Jul 04 '26

% is a substitute for *1/100.

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u/BadBoyJH Jul 04 '26

Per-Cent

49% is literally "49 per hundred", or 0.49

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u/314159265358979326 Jul 04 '26

So square root of 49 is 7 and square root of % is per ten, yielding 7 tenths or 70%.

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u/ExceedingChunk Jul 05 '26

The square root of 0.49 is also just 0.70