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What does this mean? 'A comes much closer to B than half' (both A and B are amounts of money)

Mar 12, 2014 7:36 AM

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A is much more than 50% of B, but it's still less than B. 'Half' means 'half of B'.

March 12, 2014

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I don't understand the statement, but I am not good with math! Sorry.

March 12, 2014

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