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minus-squareBig P@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down9·1 year agoIf it jumped 10% annually since 2010 wouldn’t that make it 130% or am I bad at maths
minus-squarehotdaniel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·1 year agoLol. It’s 1.1^(2023-2010)
minus-squaregonzo0815@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoNice rule of thumb: 7% increase per year means doubling in 10 years.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year ago10% above its current rate. So if 2% of children are killing themselves an increase of ten percent would be 2.2%.
If it jumped 10% annually since 2010 wouldn’t that make it 130% or am I bad at maths
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Lol. It’s 1.1^(2023-2010)
Nice rule of thumb: 7% increase per year means doubling in 10 years.
10% above its current rate.
So if 2% of children are killing themselves an increase of ten percent would be 2.2%.