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		rahimnathwani 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Americans no longer see four-year college degrees ... This is incorrect. It's 1 in ~50. Still bad! 8.5% of incoming freshmen place in Math 2. 25% of a class of Math 2 students could (EDIT: couldn't) answer 7+2=_+6 8.5% x 25% is about 2%, so 1 in 50.

tzs 11 days ago [–]

Shouldn't that be 8.5% x 75% since you want the percent who could not answer it?

rahimnathwani 11 days ago | [–]

Sorry, typo. I meant 25% couldn't answer it.

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