Official Brazil REVAMP competition [Done! - RJbeals wins]

by **ZeakCytho** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:42 pm

fireedud wrote:Why is there only 98%

Rounding errors, I bet.

by **edbeard** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:45 pm

fireedud wrote:Why is there only 98%

385/703 = .54765...

285/703 = .405405...

33/703 = .046808...

by **fireedud** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:00 pm

if ed is right, it shoud be 55%, 41% and 5%, which is 101%...

by **ZeakCytho** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:04 pm

.54765 + .405405 + .046808 = .999863

If you carried Edbeard's numbers out to more decimal points, you'd end up with 1. But .999 is good enough for me to understand that it adds up to 1.

by **oaktown** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:05 pm

fireedud wrote:if ed is right, it shoud be 55%, 41% and 5%, which is 101%...

so if you round them all down, it's 98%, and if you round them all up, it's 101%. Rounding does not give you accurate results, just approximate results.

And thus concludes our math lesson for today.

by **fireedud** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:07 pm

oaktown wrote:
fireedud wrote:if ed is right, it shoud be 55%, 41% and 5%, which is 101%...

so if you round them all down, it's 98%, and if you round them all up, it's 101%. Rounding does not give you accurate results, just approximate results.

And thus concludes our math lesson for today.

which is why I don't like percents, there should be a pie graph with correct angles.

by **AndyDufresne** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:08 pm

I thought you were an English teacher, not a math instructor...or are they cross training you?

But really, I'm glad to see 700+ votes. I think it is safe to say that if over 1400 eyes (give or take a few pirates) have seen the Foundry in a short span like this...that must be good...even if only for a short time.

--Andy

by **edbeard** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:10 pm

they're everybody's numbers. not just mine.

by **ZeakCytho** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:19 pm

edbeard wrote:they're everybody's numbers. not just mine.

You provided them. But if you don't want the credit, I'll take it

And the whole point of this is that rounding is never the answer. Carry your decimals all the way out until the end :twisted:

by **fireedud** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:20 pm

ZeakCytho wrote:
edbeard wrote:they're everybody's numbers. not just mine.

You provided them. But if you don't want the credit, I'll take it

And the whole point of this is that rounding is never the answer. Carry your decimals all the way out until the end

No, no

leaving them as fractions is the most accurate. :ugeek:

by **ZeakCytho** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:33 pm

fireedud wrote:
ZeakCytho wrote:
edbeard wrote:they're everybody's numbers. not just mine.

You provided them. But if you don't want the credit, I'll take it

And the whole point of this is that rounding is never the answer. Carry your decimals all the way out until the end

No, no leaving them as fractions is the most accurate.

All fractions are terminating decimals, and thus can be written as decimals with 100% accuracy. It's just a matter of going out far enough.

by **fireedud** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:44 pm

ZeakCytho wrote:
fireedud wrote:
ZeakCytho wrote:
edbeard wrote:they're everybody's numbers. not just mine.

You provided them. But if you don't want the credit, I'll take it

And the whole point of this is that rounding is never the answer. Carry your decimals all the way out until the end

No, no leaving them as fractions is the most accurate.

All fractions are terminating decimals, and thus can be written as decimals with 100% accuracy. It's just a matter of going out far enough.

yes, but mistakes are more likely to happen with decimals

by **AndyDufresne** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:15 pm

If you'd like to discuss the finer points of fractions and decimals, the Off Topics Forum is waiting for you.

--Andy

by **wcaclimbing** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:19 pm

entry A has 100 more votes than B.
how much longer is this poll going to continue?

by **pepperonibread** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:21 pm

wcaclimbing wrote:entry A has 100 more votes than B.
how much longer is this poll going to continue?

It ended a few hours ago.
...
And not all fractions are terminating decimals, they can be terminating or repeating

by **edbeard** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:22 pm

wcaclimbing wrote:entry A has 100 more votes than B.
how much longer is this poll going to continue?

it's over already

Poll ended at Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:09 pm

by **fireedud** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:25 pm

actually, it ended 5 seconds later.

by **wcaclimbing** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:27 pm

edbeard wrote:
wcaclimbing wrote:entry A has 100 more votes than B.
how much longer is this poll going to continue?

it's over already

Poll ended at Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:09 pm

never mind then :oops:

by **ZeakCytho** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:47 pm

If it's over, are we allowed to discuss fractions and decimals here?

Congrats, Rj!

by **Marvaddin** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:19 pm

oaktown wrote:
Marvaddin wrote: Main problems: some of the side notes have wrong info (like Rio having 1 million people, lol, its more like 5-10 millions) that we would need to correct

well, this map is set in 1900 - when there were just 1 million people. i stand by my map.

Then you should know that Acre was not part of Brazilian territory in 1900 (it was part of Bolivia) :mrgreen:

After all this math class and everything, once more congrats to all, and specially to RJ. If you like, we can discuss the changes and updates before posting. I will anyway take some time to check again some names accuracy... but Im very happy because Im sure this will be a great revamp.

by **oaktown** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:30 pm

mazel tov rj - your map will be a welcome site when it goes live.

by **pamoa** on Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:55 am

congrats RJ, now we will be able to discuss about that map and it's developpement.

Btw Gimil, will it be a new thread or should we continue in this one and will you remove all the competition comment ?

by **RjBeals** on Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:34 am

Thanks all..
I would prefer a new thread to discuss the map and how it needs to progress. This thread is out of control.

Gim? you agree? If so - I can start it in the main foundry.

by **gimil** on Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:45 am

Congratualtions to RJbeals, who took his crayons to the extreme to produce his amazing REVAMP attempt!

Click image to enlarge.

This development of this map will now be moved over to its own independant thread in the main foundry! (Once RJ creates it of course!

I award RJ this on his fine attempt!

I would also like to congraulate all our entrants into the competition, without them this wouldn't of been anywhere near as exciting or enjoyable without every one of them. It was a pleasure to run this competition for you guys!

Cheers,
gimil