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When working with statistics, or otherwise when presenting numbers to others, I'd say.

It's easier to imagine the "meaning" of percentages, than some of the more difficult fractions, or long unwieldy decimal numbers

Whilst calculating though, fractions (or decimals, if you can get them to be exact without having a page full ;P) are allways better.

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