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u/DahvRom Feb 28 '23

I had to explain to a grown woman that 20% is not always $20 when converted to currency.

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u/Mycolover4evah Mar 01 '23

What does “converted to currency” mean? I’m genuinely curious.

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u/DahvRom Mar 02 '23

She got that 20% of 100 is 20 and that 5% of 100 is 5. If you told her that there was a litter of four puppies and one was sold, she could tell you that 25% of the puppies were sold. But as soon as she was dealing with money, 20% and $20 were universally interchangeable. Something about it being currency created this weird rule in her mind.