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by simpaticoder 980 days ago
I was thinking in exponents. Maybe I made a mistake. Let's see.

1B is 10^9. 1M is 10^6. So we need a factor that takes away 3 decimal points. A percent is already taking away 2 decimal points. We need one more. So .1% of 1B is 1M because 9-3=6. I was correct.

I think I see your error: you read .1% as 1%. I applaud you checking the math, even if this time you were wrong.

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Oh yeah, I read it as 1%. My apologies.