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by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 569 days ago
“A 200% increase” is logically equivalent to “200% more”. Think about what it means for a number to “increase” or to be “more than” another number. How much is the “increase”? How much “more”? Unfortunately, “200% as much” is often what people mean when they say “200% more”.

(This difference became especially noticeable to me after playing^W practicing my math skills with incremental games for obscene amounts of time.)