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[-] peter@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

If it jumped 10% annually since 2010 wouldn't that make it 130% or am I bad at maths

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

10% above its current rate.

So if 2% of children are killing themselves an increase of ten percent would be 2.2%.

[-] gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Nice rule of thumb: 7% increase per year means doubling in 10 years.

[-] hotdaniel@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago

Lol. It's 1.1^(2023-2010)

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