Quote Originally Posted by Ashanta View Post
What you just regurgitated from wikipedia meas that something operating at 100% is going at normal speed while something operating at 200% is going twice as fast.

Something operating at 200% speed (or twice as fast) is operating 100% faster. Something operating at 300% speed is operating 200% faster.

Simple math

Math lesson over.

P.S. the person you tried to say was wrong was talking about the speed increase not the actual speed.
Ok, I don't mean to be a smart a$$. I understand that people do not follow math rules just like people do not follow grammar rules.
Look, people get confused on stuff due to inconsistent usage.
"Sometimes due to inconsistent usage, it is not always clear from the context what a percentage is relative to. When speaking of a "10% rise" or a "10% fall" in a quantity, the usual interpretation is that this is relative to the initial value of that quantity. For example, if an item is initially priced at $200 and the price rises 10% (an increase of $20), the new price will be $220. Note that this final price is 110% of the initial price (100% + 10% = 110%)."

So if initial speed/price is 20, then 110% of initial price/speed is 22.
If I bought a stock at $5 and the price went up 1000% then my stock is now worth $50. However, did I make $50 or $45? I MADE $50. Why? Because I SPENT $5. I basically made $45 PLUS I got back the initial 5 I invested.
So, 5x1000% = 50.

I'll just leave this alone right here. I do not want to argue with anyone on this. If you think otherwise, ok.