Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:34:36 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: way way off topic Message-ID: <20121023113436.6748c811@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20121023042007.GA14738@ethic.thought.org> References: <20121023042007.GA14738@ethic.thought.org>
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Hi,
On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:20:07 -0700
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?
>
> 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, :-(
>
It seems that I am also lost. What should abs() do here?
I would multiply the age of john and the difference with 100 and then
divide the result to get the percentage.
Or did I get lost here?
> if this seems dumb, I plead guilty!
>
> im asking here because -questions is the sharpest list on the net.
>
Are you sure?
Erich
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