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Your friend says that 14.5% is equivilent to 14.5

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14.5% = 0.145 = 145/1000

14.5 = 14500/1000

So 14.5% is a hundredth the size of 14.5, so they are not equal and the friend is incorrect.
User Elad Katz
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14.5%
= 14.5/100
= 0.145 ≠ 14.5

So 14.5% is not equal to 14.5, and your friend is wrong~
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