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minus-square@cm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-22•2 months ago10% of calories per week, if you average 5% daily, you actually exceed the new rule at ~25%/week (5 day week)
minus-square@BearGun@ttrpg.networklinkfedilink22•2 months agoThat is not how percentages work my friend, unless they count in very strange ways.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeuslinkfedilink12•2 months agoI’m not a mathetist, but I don’t think this adds up
minus-square@De_Narm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•edit-22 months agoThat’s not how percentages work. If I eat 5g sugar and 95g of something else each day, just for easy math, it comes out at 25g sugar vs 475g other stuff. That’s 5% daily and still 5% within 5 days.
10% of calories per week, if you average 5% daily, you actually exceed the new rule at ~25%/week (5 day week)
That is not how percentages work my friend, unless they count in very strange ways.
I’m not a mathetist, but I don’t think this adds up
Ah, the correct term is mathetarian
That’s not how percentages work.
If I eat 5g sugar and 95g of something else each day, just for easy math, it comes out at 25g sugar vs 475g other stuff. That’s 5% daily and still 5% within 5 days.