Originally Posted by
Pim
It would be easier to display the difference as a ratio increase, perhaps as a percentage. So, [a/(a+b)]*100%.
For example, a few years ago where I live, the state government sales tax changed from 5% to 6%. Our sales tax rate was multiplied by 120%. Or, a 20% increase. I am now paying 20% more sales tax than I did previously.
This example is particularly confusing because the sales tax is measured in units of percentage already, and change is often also expressed as a percentage.
Normally for people trying to avoid confusion about these sorts of things, you'd say that your sales tax increased by one percentage point.
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