I know mine haven't yet
2006-12-15 07:07:11 · 8 answers · asked by justin 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Wow, Raymonds a prick!
2006-12-15 10:52:25 · update #1
It's a rounding error on Yahoo's part. They always round down. So if you have 68.2% and 31.8%, they both get rounded down to 68% and 31%... If they did it correctly, the second number would be 32%.
In some cases, if you have a round number of answers to questions, the percentage comes out exactly. For example, if you had 10 best answers out of 50, then the percentages come out as 20.0% and 80.0% or just 20% and 80%. This might explain why some people see 100% (at least until they answer another question).
The sticking point is 0.5. If you had 37.5% and 62.5%, then one would have to round up and the other down otherwise it would look like a total of 101%. You could fix this by rounding up if the prior digit was odd, and down if it was even. They could do this correctly if they wanted to...
2006-12-15 07:18:28 · answer #1 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in no way reported previously! Thats thoroughly garbage of Yahoo. in the adventure that they could be able to take care of an countless website, why can't they deal with some rounding blunders?? I don' comprehend why they could be able to easily make one the function of the different. So if one is 33.33333%, why do not they make the different the end results of 100 a lot less the first column?
2016-11-26 21:25:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They round down. Unless your best answers are an integer %, it will always add to 99
2006-12-15 10:37:36 · answer #3 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just looked. Adds up to 99%. I did not hear myself laugh.
Therefore, I conclude that I did not find it funny.
2006-12-15 07:18:38 · answer #4 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm thats weird mine only adds up to 99%.
answerman needs to check his math kuz i added his up to 99% too. talk about being ignorant.
2006-12-15 07:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by aznxpranksta69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called rounding.
2006-12-15 07:16:43 · answer #6 · answered by slider 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe your just bad at math, i just checked mine and it equals 100%.
2006-12-15 07:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by answerman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nor mine
2006-12-15 07:15:36 · answer #8 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋