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Stupid Math Question
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28/06/2011 01:38:28
 
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ASP.NET
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Coding, syntax and commands
Miscellaneous
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01516445
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>I have a query which returns 4 percentages...
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>59%
>52%
>100%
>84%
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>Is the overall percentage 73.75%?

Yes, if the denominator of all 4 percentages is the same. If they are different you could get a different result e.g.
59% = 59 / 100 (denominator is 100)
52% = 26 / 50 (denominator is 50)
100% = 25 / 25 (denominator is 25)
84% = 21 / 25 (denominator is 25)

Overall percentage is:

( 59 + 26 + 25 + 21 ) / ( 100 + 50 + 25 + 25 ) = 0.655 ( 65.5 % )
Regards. Al

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