document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1006619>Question 1006619</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What percent is 3% of 5% </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What percent is 3% of 5% ?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question is slightly provocative, &nbsp;because it is formulated incorrectly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The correct formulation is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What percent is &nbsp;3% &nbsp;of &nbsp;5% &nbsp;of an value?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is: &nbsp;100*0.03*0.05 = 0.15% &nbsp;of the value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, &nbsp;what percent is &nbsp;3% &nbsp;of &nbsp;5% &nbsp;of an value? &nbsp;- &nbsp;It is &nbsp;0.15% &nbsp;of the value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<U>Comment from student</U>: But in my maths textbook the correct answer is 60%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is even worst.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It means that not only the question is formulated incorrectly.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is incorrect. too.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At least, it is my personal opinion.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At this level, it is not Math at all.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is playing (is the game) with badly defined notions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sorry, I don't want to discuss it more.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Provocation, as I said from the very beginning.\r<BR>\n" );
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