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On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:51:54 -0700, Gary Kline wrote:

> 	lets say that x == 15 and y == 16.  Q:  how much less is x than 
y? it
> 	is not just "1"; there was some other way of finding the answer.

6.25%