Varyk@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoChinese child suicide rates jumping ten percent annually since 2010fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down17
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minus-squareBig P@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down7·1 year agoIf it jumped 10% annually since 2010 wouldn’t that make it 130% or am I bad at maths
minus-squareeran_morad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·edit-21 year agoBruh, search “compound interest a calculator” and play around with the settings. This is a valuable concept to think about and truly understand.
minus-squaregonzo0815@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoNice rule of thumb: 7% increase per year means doubling in 10 years.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year ago10% above its current rate. So if 2% of children are killing themselves an increase of ten percent would be 2.2%.
If it jumped 10% annually since 2010 wouldn’t that make it 130% or am I bad at maths
Bruh, search “compound interest a calculator” and play around with the settings. This is a valuable concept to think about and truly understand.
Lol. It’s 1.1^(2023-2010)
Nice rule of thumb: 7% increase per year means doubling in 10 years.
10% above its current rate.
So if 2% of children are killing themselves an increase of ten percent would be 2.2%.