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Ugh... things can't be "x times smaller than" or "x times less than" something else. It's just not how math works!
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Cuzzin Todd
I dislike that turn of phrase as well. I think they use it because fractions confuse people... so they use something more confusing. -- nm
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Bardi Gras (aka BaronWasteland)
Mar 14 '20, 08:33
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But that's easy enough to fix. Instead of saying "X is 10x smaller than Y" (which is nonsense) just say "Y is 10x bigger than X."
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Cuzzin Todd
Mar 14, 08:48
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