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Alarmed_Economics_90 t1_j1gq2ku wrote

I heard someone say the other day "a billion minus a million is about a billion."

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Herpes-in-space t1_j1gqe1p wrote

1000 minus 1 is almost 1000.

It's every bit as valid as that statement.

10 minus .01 is almost 10.

That too. You're taking away a thousandth.

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