Math Question (Basic)

[Rain Man]

Okay, I'm trying to figure out how somebody messed up a calculation in a report.

They claim that there are 363, 857 people in Year A, and 422, 495 people in Year B. They then say that the growth is 13.8 percent.

Okay, that's obviously not correct. But how did they come up with 13.8 percent? I'm trying to figure out if they mis-entered a number or if they can't do basic division or what the heck their problem is, but I can't even come up with a scenario that would produce 13.8 percent. Can anyone figure out how a person who's bad at math would come up with that answer?

[pr_capone]

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[Otter]

*dusts off TI-89*

*batteries dead*

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

probably in most cases. their turnover rate is so high that they probably get fans of all teams passing through, though.
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It was DaFace, wasn't it?

[Ebolapox]

as per the rounding error, depends on whose rules you use. some of the standard rules of rounding that I've come across from several sources state that you don't round up if the number is even, and round up with odd numbers (e.g. you'd round up 132.79, but not 132.69).

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by H5N1

as per the rounding error, depends on whose rules you use. some of the standard rules of rounding that I've come across from several sources state that you don't round up if the number is even, and round up with odd numbers (e.g. you'd round up 132.79, but not 132.69).

That only applies if the last digit is a 5. Example:

132.75 round to 132.8
132.65 round to 132.6.

In your example you should round both numbers up.

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by cdcox

That only applies if the last digit is a 5. Example:

132.75 round to 132.8
132.65 round to 132.6.

In your example you should round both numbers up.

eh, guess I ignored that part. good catch.