e.g. say i got 3 litres of Coke for the price of 1 litre (in 1 large 3litre bottle), would that not be 200% extra free? if not please explain.
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A percentage is a ratio and it should NEVER be used without specifying what the ratio is out of.
But advertisers are notorious for NOT quoting the whole picture.
Now 200 % OF THE ORIGINAL 1 LITRE is free.
or 67 % OF THE TOTAL VOLUME is free.
So is it 67 % free or 200% free? That depends on what is presumed to be the base.
However 200% sounds better so that is what an advertiser would use.
Some wording that can be validly used. "Get an EXTRA 200% free" In this case they are implying that you are paying for 1 litre and everything above this is extra.
As has already been pointed out in another answer, sometimes there are physical limits and sometimes there aren't. As a ratio there is no limit to the percentage, but there may be limits to a specific item.
You can remove up to 100% of a piece of wood by filing it down. But it isn't possible to REMOVE more than 100% of it.
But you can spend more than 100% of what you own. They call it "debt" or a "loan".
And so on.
But advertisers are notorious for NOT quoting the whole picture.
Now 200 % OF THE ORIGINAL 1 LITRE is free.
or 67 % OF THE TOTAL VOLUME is free.
So is it 67 % free or 200% free? That depends on what is presumed to be the base.
However 200% sounds better so that is what an advertiser would use.
Some wording that can be validly used. "Get an EXTRA 200% free" In this case they are implying that you are paying for 1 litre and everything above this is extra.
As has already been pointed out in another answer, sometimes there are physical limits and sometimes there aren't. As a ratio there is no limit to the percentage, but there may be limits to a specific item.
You can remove up to 100% of a piece of wood by filing it down. But it isn't possible to REMOVE more than 100% of it.
But you can spend more than 100% of what you own. They call it "debt" or a "loan".
And so on.
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Yes, you can have more than 100%, and sorry I can't explain your problem because I don't understand it completely. But 100% represents a whole of something. If something exceeds that whole, then there can be more than 100%. For example, on a test, if you would of originally gotten a 100% (the test was a whole), and got 7 points of extra credit (thing being added onto the whole), then there would be more than 100% because those 7 points were not a part of the original whole. Therefore, it would be 107%.
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Yes, that would be 200% extra, free.
You can definitely have more than 100% in situations where 100% isn't the theoretical maximum. For example, if you weigh 200 pounds, and you bench press 240 pounds, then you can bench 120% of your weight.
There are some situations where 100% is the theoretical maximum. If a glass is 100% full, you cannot pour any more water into it. It'll just spill out over the sides, and the glass will remain 100% full.
You can definitely have more than 100% in situations where 100% isn't the theoretical maximum. For example, if you weigh 200 pounds, and you bench press 240 pounds, then you can bench 120% of your weight.
There are some situations where 100% is the theoretical maximum. If a glass is 100% full, you cannot pour any more water into it. It'll just spill out over the sides, and the glass will remain 100% full.
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Yes, it would.
Another (simplistic) example would be; if a company makes a 7% profit then its income is 107% of its expenditure.
Another (simplistic) example would be; if a company makes a 7% profit then its income is 107% of its expenditure.
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Yes. 100% literally means 100 per cent. Or in English 100 per 100. 200 percent is twice as much. 300 is thrice as much. etc etc.
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Yes.
On the other hand, you can't have more than 100% of the 3l bottle you got!
On the other hand, you can't have more than 100% of the 3l bottle you got!