• throwing_handles@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      To explain in percents, 3:1 is 25% and 4:1 is 20%, the 25% is closer. If those percents don’t look right to you, it may help to consider that a 1:1 ratio is 50%.

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        1 year ago

        Hot damn, I never realized that I don’t understand ratios. Thank you, kind stranger

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      75:25 = 3:1, 80:20 = 4:1 so 23% is closer to 3:1 (3.348:1)

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