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  2. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    50 / 100 × 40 / 100 = 0.50 × 0.40 = 0.20 = 20 / 100 = 20%. It is not correct to divide by 100 and use the percent sign at the same time; it would literally imply division by 10,000. For example, 25% = 25 / 100 = 0.25 , not 25% / 100 , which actually is 25 ⁄ 100 / 100 = 0.0025 .

  3. Duty cycle - Wikipedia

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    As a formula, a duty cycle (%) may be expressed as: [2] Equally, a duty cycle (ratio) may be expressed as: where is the duty cycle, is the pulse width (pulse active time), and is the total period of the signal. Thus, a 60% duty cycle means the signal is on 60% of the time but off 40% of the time.

  4. Basis point - Wikipedia

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    A basis point (often abbreviated as bp, often pronounced as "bip" or "beep" [1]) is one hundredth of 1 percentage point. Changes of interest rates are often stated in basis points. For example, if an existing interest rate of 10 percent is increased by 1 basis point, the new interest rate would be 10.01 percent. [2]

  5. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The top grade, A, is given here for performance that exceeds the mean by more than 1.5 standard deviations, a B for performance between 0.5 and 1.5 standard deviations above the mean, and so on. Regardless of the absolute performance of the students, the best score in the group receives a top grade and the worst score receives a failing grade.

  6. Percentage point - Wikipedia

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    For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). In written text, the unit (the percentage point) is usually either written out, [2] or abbreviated as pp , p.p. , or %pt. to avoid confusion with ...

  7. Gross margin - Wikipedia

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    In this case, 50% of the price is profit, or $100. $ 200 − $ 100 $ 200 ⋅ 100 % = 50 % {\displaystyle {\frac {\$200-\$100}{\$200}}\cdot 100\%=50\%} In a more complex example, if an item costs $204 to produce and is sold for a price of $340 , the price includes a 67% markup ($136) which represents a 40% gross margin.

  8. Profit margin - Wikipedia

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    Profit margin is a financial ratio that measures the percentage of profit earned by a company in relation to its revenue. Expressed as a percentage, it indicates how much profit the company makes for every dollar of revenue generated. Profit margin is important because this percentage provides a comprehensive picture of the operating efficiency ...

  9. Academic grading in India - Wikipedia

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    A student having 95% will be close to 3.9 on the GPA scale, as would a student with a 75% from a 70% cut-off-for-distinction institution. Grade-point average (2011 alternate version) [ edit ] In India, many universities and institutes rank their students in percentage of marks they get from the examinations and credits. [3]

  10. Percent sign - Wikipedia

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    The percent sign % (sometimes per cent sign in British English) is the symbol used to indicate a percentage, a number or ratio as a fraction of 100. Related signs include the permille (per thousand) sign ‰ and the permyriad (per ten thousand) sign ‱ (also known as a basis point), which indicate that a number is divided by one thousand or ten thousand, respectively.

  11. Margin of error - Wikipedia

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    The larger the sample, the smaller the margin of error. Also, the further from 50% the reported percentage, the smaller the margin of error. The margin of error is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in the results of a survey.