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[โ€“] frosty99c@midwest.social 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Basically, if a percentage goes up 10 percentage points, it is just an addition. "His approval rating jumped 10 percentage points from 24% to 34%." There are 10 percentage points between those numbers.

If a value increased by 10%, it went up by 10% of its previous value. "The price of eggs increased by 10% from $9.00 to $9.90" the original value gets multiplied by 1.1

They aren't talking about percentages in the original tweet, so this doesn't really apply, but I think this vagueness confuses people so I prefer to be more specific than just "up 10%"

[โ€“] RNAi@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago