And also it’s no a nearly billion but 800 million. I know it from another article posted here. So it’s a paywalled clickbait repost.
And also it’s no a nearly billion but 800 million. I know it from another article posted here. So it’s a paywalled clickbait repost.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 year ago
800 million is nearly a billion, much like how 8 is nearly 10.
Weird quibble to have.
Blizzard@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
The difference between 8 & 10 is 2, the difference between 800 million and 1 billion is 200 million.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And the differnce between 8 and 10 is 20% of 10. The differnce between 1000 million and 800 million is 20% of 1000 million.
20% = 20%. The ratio is the same.
Since saying “8 is nearly 10” is reasonable, saying “800mil is nearly 1000mil” is also reasonable. The math doesnt really change just because of the scale.
Blizzard@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Or they could simply say the actual amount instead of clickbaiting.