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Calculating percentages (H). Return to Table 1 on page 547 showing the results of a calculator experiment. The table shows that rounding one value can lead to dramatic differences later on. What’s the difference between the two values at Step 25? As a percentage, how much larger is the first value than the second value? In other words, let x denote the first (larger) value and y denote the second (smaller) value at Step 25. Write the ratio of x toy as a percentage.
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