@oldhvymec Time to hit the edit button. To reduce BY 1/10th is to reduce by 10% so reducing 100 by 1/10th leaves 90. To reduce TO 1/10th, in the case of 100, would leave you with 10, which is your tendered defintion of decimate.
@oldhvymec Time to hit the edit button. To reduce BY 1/10th is to reduce by 10% so reducing 100 by 1/10th leaves 90. To reduce TO 1/10th, in the case of 100, would leave you with 10, which is your tendered defintion of decimate. |