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Re: Polls For the Excessively Literate

Posted By: Wes, on host 204.215.200.72
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 23:13:34
In Reply To: Re: Polls For the Excessively Literate posted by Don the Monkeyman on Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 22:33:03:

> Don "Wonders if anyone would like to calculate out the precise number of words which the remaining 5% would have to know in order for Elly's seven words to be precisely average, if we assume that the population is sufficiently large that Elly's individual contribution to the average has negligible effect" Monkey

.95*6 + .05*x = 7, x = 26

If that's what you want, although it seems a bit too simple for Mr.EngineerMan to ask someone to do.

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Re: Polls For the Excessively Literate - Don the Monkeyman - Sat, 6/29/2002, 16:08:25

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Message:	> > Don "Wonders if anyone would like to calculate out the precise number of words which the remaining 5% would have to know in order for Elly's seven words to be precisely average, if we assume that the population is sufficiently large that Elly's individual contribution to the average has negligible effect" Monkey > > .956 + .05x = 7, x = 26 > > If that's what you want, although it seems a bit too simple for Mr.EngineerMan to ask someone to do.
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