TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days ago102%lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down140file-text
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minus-squarestarik@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day ago39.5 = 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.
minus-squareTigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoYet this is based on the assumption there were more options, plus the total should still not exceed 100% What they should have done was adding up all the combined answers first before rounding up or down, this would make the total 100.
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.
Yet this is based on the assumption there were more options, plus the total should still not exceed 100%
What they should have done was adding up all the combined answers first before rounding up or down, this would make the total 100.