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Hi, guys...I'd like to throw this out to the list...
Is this correction and explaination accurate? I'm not
attampting to dispute the person who sent me
this...the only reason I ask is that sometimes we make
similar statements in documentation and we/I may be
inaccurate in my math.
> > 4 months is 400% longer than 4 weeks...4 times
> > longer.
>
> Actually, John, 4 months is 300% longer than 4
> weeks, 3 times longer, or 4 times as long.
>
> Assuming 1 month equals 4 weeks:
> * One month is 0% longer than 4 weeks (1 time as
> long).
> * Two months is 100% longer than 4 weeks (2 times
> as long).
> * Three months is 200% longer than 4 weeks (3
> times as long).
> * Four months is 300% longer than 4 weeks (4 times
> as long).
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John Posada, Merck Research Laboratories
Sr Technical Writer, WinHelp and html
(work) john_posada -at- merck -dot- com - 732-594-0873
(pers) jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com - 732-291-7811
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