8 points, how does one count points? Like is a foot a point, and inch? Are there 3 pointers? I’m going to never look this up and live in the bewilderment of water shortages. Glass half full? Nah that’s like 5 points
I think it’s short for percentage points in this case. 22% minus 8 percentage points is 14%, which I assume was the fill level of some other dam which was decommissioned.
Pretty confusing phrasing, took me a minute to work out.
8 points, how does one count points? Like is a foot a point, and inch? Are there 3 pointers? I’m going to never look this up and live in the bewilderment of water shortages. Glass half full? Nah that’s like 5 points
I think it’s short for percentage points in this case. 22% minus 8 percentage points is 14%, which I assume was the fill level of some other dam which was decommissioned.
Pretty confusing phrasing, took me a minute to work out.
…Why not just say “8 percent away”?
22% minus 8 percentage points is 14%.
22% minus 8% is 20.24%.
This is because 8% of 22% is 1.76%, but when using percentage points you just subtract the number.
Thanks, “8% of 22%” had crossed my mind so thanks for explaining it more succinctly.
Percent and percentage points are not the same. Ignoring the issue at hand, you will do well in life learning this lesson.