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by SkiFire13 520 days ago
You said that UK's salaries are 2/3 of the Germany ones, but this doesn't mean that the Germany ones are 1/3 more, they are 1/2 (or 50%) more. That's pretty far from 10-15%.
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bowsamic 520 days ago
Oh sorry, then I didn't maths properly. I always forget about the asymmetry of fractions

EDIT: Please don't downvote me for admitting a mistake

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justneedaname 519 days ago
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web...
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SkiFire13 520 days ago
No problem, it's a pretty common math/statistics trap that gets way more people than it should.
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