This is just annoying pedantry you know what they meant.
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wewbull@feddit.uk 2 weeks agoConvert percentage to fraction, i.e, 80% become 0.8
That’s not a fraction.
⅘ is a fraction.
Nakoichi@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
In a thread about being clear in mathematics…
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You know we say “a fraction of something” with a number(usually between 1 and zero) often denoted by letter epsilon. 4/5 equals 0.8 so there is nothing wrong in calling that a fraction too