Rounded to the nearest percent

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Rounded to the nearest percent

by cris » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:21 pm
I was reading the explanation of a problem and it said:

"60% of 2,000 dolars rounded to te nearst percent---->this indicates that is 60% of 2,000 plus or minus 0.5%"

...And I dont really agree: "rounded to the nearest %" will be: 59.5% - 60.4%

And that is not the same as "plus or minus 0.5%"----> that would be 59.5% - 60.5%.....and: 60.5%=61%

Do you uys agree with me?...What do you think?

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Re: Rounded to the nearest percent

by luvaduva » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:45 am
I agree.