Re: Education that is in such short supply

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:30:11 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Harris made 38% fewer electoral votes than Trump which
is 86 electoral votes than Harris's 226. Since Krygowski
is too stupid to understand 228/312 = 138% larger,
86/226 is also 38%.

That's really amazing.  How did you calculate that Harris had 38%
fewer electoral votes than Trump?  The correct "difference" is 16%.

<https://www.google.com/search?q=2024+presidential+election+electoral+votes>
Harris received 226 electoral votes while Trump received 312 votes.

The difference between the Trump and Harris vote is:
  312 - 226 = 86
fewer votes.  You should have written 86 electoral votes *fewer* than.

The percent fewer electoral votes cast for Harris was:
  (312 - 226) / (312 + 226) = 86 / 538 = 16% fewer electoral votes.
You mistakenly wrote 228 instead of 226 and your calculations defy
explanation. 

Percent of the difference is NOT the way it's normally described.
Instead, it's more common to see the percent of the total vote for
each candidate, which would be:
  312 / (312 + 226) = 312 / 538 = 58%
  226 / (312 + 226) = 226 / 538 = 42%
The percent difference is:
  58% - 42% = 16%
between the two candidates.  This type of comparison only works when
there are two candidates. 

If you had attended college instead joining the USAF, you would have
received some classes in remedial arithmetic.

He and Liebermann agree that the device from Techtronics is the proper device.

We also agree that it's spelled "Tektronix" which makes me wonder how
much experience you've had with commercial test equipment.  I guess
they didn't have test equipment at the 4 libraries you "read out".
Incidentally, Techtronics (TTI) does not manufacture test equipment,
cable length measuring equipment, or use light lines:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techtronic_Industries>



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