system

“If the August forecast holds then we will see approximately 225,000 business aviation flights in North America for the month. That is off from the 2019 monthly average of 260,000 but it would represent a 300% increase from our April low of 74,771 flights.”

Why are Americans so bad at math?

The projected August flight count is approximately 300% of April’s cited count. It is NOT “a 300% increase.” That would require 299,084 flights.

Does no one proofread any more?

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system

Perhaps Argus is better at broad prognostication than math.

Seth_H

300% of 74,771 is 224,313. That is approximately 225,000. Sounds like you’re the one who is bad at math.

system

Yars is right. 225,000 is 300% of (3x) 75,000. But a 300% increase over 75,000 would be 300,000. Not necessarily bad at math, just sloppy logic.