Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:31:18 +0700 From: Olivier Nicole <olivier.nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: way way off topic Message-ID: <CA%2Bg%2BBvgaYY-nh9d89a7ytf9RAgMSjFNHPh3GzNqNG0xPFEX9BQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20121023042007.GA14738@ethic.thought.org> References: <20121023042007.GA14738@ethic.thought.org>
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Gary,
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote:
>
> apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in a std C program,
> but 3+ hours of grepping havent found it. I would have bet my last cent that I
> had a summary Somewhere, but cant find that either.
>
> here is the problem as best I can remember it.
>
>
> let's say that john is 8 and his older friend, jim, is 22.
> how much older is exact percentage terms is jim?
That should be 22/8=2.75
Jim is 275% older than John
Olivier
> to find the answer I had to find the relative difference {22 - 8} and then
> do something with the difference. this isn't any kind of trick or
> "advanced-cognition"; I just thought it was clever [and exact]. it obviously
> works for finding the abs() results in subtraction. it's something I found on
> the web and swipes and save the prose discussion. BZZT: Lost, :-(
>
> if this seems dumb, I plead guilty!
>
> im asking here because -questions is the sharpest list on the net.
>
> --
> Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix
> Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.
>
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