Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gcalctool
Calculator in Ubuntu 8.04 does not calculate percentages correctly.
For example, the result the calculator gives for:
100-50%=99.5
The correct answer should be 50%
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date:
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Calculator
so what the calculator is doing is converting the percent value entry to
a decimal equivalent then operating with it
for example, 50% =0.50 in decimal form
100-50%(0.50)=99.5
most other calculators take a percentage of an initial inputed number
then work with it in the arithmetical expression:
