Question 9

[ladybird2012]

Hi,
Here's the first question for the swanky newly-organized forum:

What does "Percentages here are relative, not absolute" mean?

Thanks.

[yaser]

Originally Posted by ladybird2012

Hi,
Here's the first question for the swanky newly-organized forum:

What does "Percentages here are relative, not absolute" mean?

Thanks.

It means for example that if the old is 0.05 and the new one is 0.04, the change is 20% (0.05-0.04=0.01 relative to 0.05) not 1% (difference between 5% (0.05) and 4% (0.04)). You are welcome to suggest better phrasing to convey this meaning.