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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah we just learned "by" was a standard term for multiplication. So increased by 80% was just 1.8 times whatever you started with. "Divide by" meaning multiply inversely

Language translating to artithmetic. I'm sure it doesn't always line up, as we change language quite often.