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Old 10th February 2007, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by dm_td5 View Post
A 100% improvement is a ratio improvement therefore it has no bearing on the actual outcome relative to 100% improvement on a different vehicle. A percentage is proportional only to the base range that it is compared to.
My point exactly. It's a bit like some obscure sport claiming they are the fastest growing sport in Australia. Cross-country tiddlywinks could probably quite correctly claim they were the fastest growing sport because last month there was one person competing and now there are two, a 100% growth.
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