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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | The number of germs that would be left after using the hand sanitizer is 200 million times 0.01%. 0.01% is equivalent to .0001 decimal, so the simple equation is 200,000,000 × .0001. That equals 20 thousand germs, which is still a surprisingly large number of germs. Recently scientists have shown that it only takes 20 virus particles to infect someone [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2257098/Larry-projectile-vomiting-robot-helping-British-team-learn-stop-spread-norovirus.html] (with analyzed virus; not all germs are equally effective). However, they have also previously noted that the effectiveness of hand sanitizer is actually higher than 99.99%, but it's a bit awkward to print a more precise decimal in an advertising slogan. | |
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| − | The number of germs that would be left after using the hand sanitizer is 200 million times 0.01%. 0.01% is equivalent to | ||
"Hipster CDC" is a combination of the acronym for the {{w|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}, an organization dedicated to studying infectious diseases and limiting their spread, with the label {{w|Hipster (contemporary subculture)|hipster}}. Hipsters form a cultural group associated with a distaste for popular culture; they stereotypically talk about how bands, authors, etc. were better before they "went mainstream" and proclaim that they liked a certain thing "before it was cool." | "Hipster CDC" is a combination of the acronym for the {{w|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}}, an organization dedicated to studying infectious diseases and limiting their spread, with the label {{w|Hipster (contemporary subculture)|hipster}}. Hipsters form a cultural group associated with a distaste for popular culture; they stereotypically talk about how bands, authors, etc. were better before they "went mainstream" and proclaim that they liked a certain thing "before it was cool." | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Poster: An invisible sneeze droplet can contain ''200 million'' germs! | :Poster: An invisible sneeze droplet can contain ''200 million'' germs! | ||
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:Product label: Our hand sanitizer kills 99.99% of germs! | :Product label: Our hand sanitizer kills 99.99% of germs! | ||
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:Cueball (typing on calculator): 200 000 000 × 0.01% = | :Cueball (typing on calculator): 200 000 000 × 0.01% = | ||
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| − | : | + | ==Trivia== |
| − | + | *Note that in some simple or business calculators entering the calculation as "200,000,000 × 0.01 %" is '''incorrect''' and may produce a number such as 2 million. Pressing "=" after may also be incorrect and may produce 400,000,000,000,000. This is because the "%" key in those calculators does not denote that preceding number is a {{w|percentage}}, but instead signify an operation related to percentage, for example some calculator the "%" key will replace the preceding number with that number as a percentage multiplied with the number before that ([http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2008/01/10/7047497.aspx How does the calculator percent key work? - The Old New Thing]). | |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
