Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
spending increased by 18.6 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6 billion in fiscal 2001
English answer:
increased by 18.6 percent from $144.6 to $170.8 billion
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airmailrpl
Apr 30, 2007 18:12
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English term
spending increased by 18.6 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6 billion in fiscal 2001
English
Bus/Financial
Economics
in fiscal 2004, spending increased by 18.6 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6 billion in fiscal 2001, according to the report.
Change log
Apr 30, 2007 19:48: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "economics" to "(none)"
Apr 30, 2007 19:49: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "increased by 18.6 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6" to "spending increased by 18.6 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6 billion in fiscal 2001"
May 1, 2007 14:13: Fabio Descalzi changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jan 18, 2014 15:08: airmailrpl Created KOG entry
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airmailrpl
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Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
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English term (edited):
increased by 18.6 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6
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increased by 18.6 percent from $144.6 to $170.8 billion
increased by 18.6 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6 =>
increased by 18.6 percent from $144.6 to $170.8 billion
increased by 18.6 percent from $144.6 to $170.8 billion
Peer comment(s):
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Neil Mann
: i.e. the increase in the 3 years from fiscal 2001 to fiscal 2004 (the accounting year of a given body, which begins in any month depending upon the body - eg. the US federal fiscal year begins Oct 1 and ends Sept 30, and fiscal 2001 *ended* Sept 30 2001)
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English term (edited):
increased by 18.6 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6
increased by 18.1 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6
Liz is in the right
increase 100 by 18.6 percent you obtain 118,6 = 1.186 times 100
increase 2x100 by 18.6% you obtain 2 times 1.186 X100 = 1.186 times 2x100
more generally if you increase ...
if you want an increase of 18.6%, you need to multiply by 1.186
so
increase 144.6 by 18.6% you obtain 114.6 times 1.186
and it happens that 144.6 x 1.186 = 171,4956
the figures are nearly right but 1 million is 1 million, and it is particularly true of dollars !
you normally have got the annual figure
and from there you find out the increase
it's a question of division
170,8 /144.6 = 1,18118...
roughly 1.1812 that is to say 100% + 18,12%
the increase is 18,12%
increase 100 by 18.6 percent you obtain 118,6 = 1.186 times 100
increase 2x100 by 18.6% you obtain 2 times 1.186 X100 = 1.186 times 2x100
more generally if you increase ...
if you want an increase of 18.6%, you need to multiply by 1.186
so
increase 144.6 by 18.6% you obtain 114.6 times 1.186
and it happens that 144.6 x 1.186 = 171,4956
the figures are nearly right but 1 million is 1 million, and it is particularly true of dollars !
you normally have got the annual figure
and from there you find out the increase
it's a question of division
170,8 /144.6 = 1,18118...
roughly 1.1812 that is to say 100% + 18,12%
the increase is 18,12%
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David Hollywood
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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English term (edited):
increased by 18.6 percent to $170.8 billion from $144.6
the original figure was $144.6 billion and the 18.6 percent increase ...
took the new figure to $170.8 billion
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-04-30 18:22:38 GMT)
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i.e. the 2001 figure was/stood at $144.6 billion and the 18.6% rise resulted in a total of $170.8 billion in fiscal/financial year (FY) 2004
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-30 19:38:06 GMT)
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... amended to 18.1 percent taking note of colleagues' accurate correction of the percentage figure ...
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-04-30 18:22:38 GMT)
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i.e. the 2001 figure was/stood at $144.6 billion and the 18.6% rise resulted in a total of $170.8 billion in fiscal/financial year (FY) 2004
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-30 19:38:06 GMT)
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... amended to 18.1 percent taking note of colleagues' accurate correction of the percentage figure ...
Peer comment(s):
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rkillings
: Don't "correct" the figures. You don't know that the discrepancy is not due to rounding.
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Discussion
In 2001 = 144.6
In 2004 = 170.8
Difference = 26.2
26.2 dividided by 144.6 = an increase of 18.12% (not 18.6 as it happens)