Talk:Caitlyn/@comment-26539879-20160401030047/@comment-29867958-20160905043440

Hey dusk78, i realize this is pretty old but I want to reassure you that there was nothing wrong with your calculator.

"here is what i put in  50%+(.5(1+.5*.5))% and what i got out 0.50625 which isnt the number we are looking for. it should have been 112.5. so whats going on with the scientific calculator?"

The reason that your original equation didn't work should become clear when you replace the percent symbols with what they represent: 1/100 or 0.01.

50 ( 0.01) + ( .5 ( 1 + (.5)(.5) )) (0.01)

= .5 + (.5 ( 1.25)) ( 0.01)

= .5 + ( .625 ) ( 0.01)

= .5 + ( .00625)

= .50625 or 50.625%

How do you fix it? EIther remove the percent sign from the second half of the equation or redo all of the values in the second half as percentages

50% + ( .5( 1+ ( .5)( .5) ) )

or

50% + (50%(100% + 50% * 50%))

should do it