Ah!!
Perhaps you’re saying that 2.9 % / percent increase is not 2.9 per cent/hundred, but 2.9 are calculated/are parts of 10 (I can’t write 10 per cent here, because ‘cent’ itself means 100, so it’d be contradictory).
Ah!!
Perhaps you’re saying that 2.9 % / percent increase is not 2.9 per cent/hundred, but 2.9 are calculated/are parts of 10 (I can’t write 10 per cent here, because ‘cent’ itself means 100, so it’d be contradictory).