Comment on 102%

• zloubida@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Unless 40.5, 56.5 and 3.5 are themselves additions of rounded numbers. It’s generally how that works.

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  • starik@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Using strongly/somewhat for approve and disapprove:

    39.5 + 0.5 + 55.5 + 0.5 + 3.5 = 99.5

    That could work.

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    • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      39.5 + 0.5

      =40, not 41

      55.5 + 0.5

      =56, not 57

      Its only possible if you round up 40.1 to 41, which is also bad math. When there are 3 variables properly rounded up, you can only have 3x0.5 added.

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      • zloubida@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        What I say is that there is more than three variables. The three variables are already the result of addition if other variables rounded.

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      • starik@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        39.5 = 40 0.5 = 1 40 + 1 = 41

        55.5 = 56 0.5 = 1 56 + 1 = 57

        3.5 = 4

        Since the original 5 numbers only add up to 95.5, you have a leftover 0.5 to distribute between them. After doing so, you would have what could have been the original results before rounding.

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    • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That is doing it wrong. You should only ever round as the last step before display.

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  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Could they have 40.74 and rounded it down to the nearest .5?

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• KraeuterRoy@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The bigliest and bestest President the world has ever seen obviously surpasses the wokist 100% barrier! First to ever do that!

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• starik@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Using strongly/somewhat for approve and disapprove:

  39.5 + 0.5 + 55.5 + 0.5 + 3.5 = 99.5

  That could work.

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