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• starik@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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      • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        So there were other options you mean? Like 0.5% couldn’t read, 0.5% drew a picture of a gun instead of answering, etc?

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    • starik@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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      • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yet this is based on the assumption there were more options, plus the total should still not exceed 100%

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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

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