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Re: 1 in x versus %

Subject: Re: 1 in x versus %
From: "Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>
Date: 12 Dec 1998 03:22:16 GMT
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Rail News Victoria
References: <3667e077.0@news.camtech.net.au> <01be1fcf$81f10420$554c0acb@davibenn.pcug.org.au> <36688076.5651@ERIE.NET> <366a1744.0@news.camtech.net.au>

Ton convert 1 in x to p%, divide x into 100.
So: 1 in 50 is 2%; 1 in 100 is 1%; 1 in 12 is 8.3%.

Likewise, to convert p% into 1 in x, divide p into 100.
So: 1.5% = 1 in 67.
-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

David Martin <d_martin@mountains.net.au> wrote in article
<366a1744.0@news.camtech.net.au>...
> Anyone know the conversion formula?
> David Martin
> Blue Mountains Railway Pages
> http://www.mountains.net.au/plaza/rail/

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