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Percentages are Reversible

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Arithmetic multiplication is commutative, . As a consequence, values in a percentage calculation are reversible. When doing such calculations mentally, sometimes it is easier to swap the percentage and value.

Contributed by: Ed Pegg Jr (July 2020)
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