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As the simple question states Is .0125% the same as 1.25%?

I wanted to see if it makes sense to write percentage like this?

jurge bent
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    Simple answer, no. – Gregory Grant Apr 04 '20 at 04:31
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    No, they are not the same. 1.25% of $$100$ is a dollar and twenty five cents. .0125% of $$100$ is a cent and a quarter of a cent. – Arturo Magidin Apr 04 '20 at 04:32
  • 1.25% is the same as $1.25/100 = 0.0125$. If you are thinking about converting from percent to decimal then you shouldn't add the percent sign to the decimal representation. – Axion004 Apr 04 '20 at 04:37
  • Thank yes that was confusing "1.25/100=0.0125 =0.0125", So I thought they where the same I added a percent sign but that was wrong ok – jurge bent Apr 04 '20 at 04:39

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0.125% is not same as 1.25%

But 0.0125 is obviously same as 1.25% Notice the percentage sign.

Asim
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  • So the answer to my question is true?, I have to of course add the zero in the beginning like 0.0125 – jurge bent Apr 04 '20 at 04:59
  • Your answer is true only if u write 0.0125 without the percentage sign. If u want to add percentage symbol than you would write 1.25%. – Asim Apr 04 '20 at 09:24
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They are vastly different. $.0125\%$ is $0.0125\%$, which is $100$ times smaller than $1.25\%$ – the percentage sign indicates a constant multiple of $0.01$. Hence $0.0125=1.25\%$.

Omitting the decimal point, however, is a valid construct. It is not often seen, but may save space.

Parcly Taxel
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