@cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 4 months agoHow does this math work?fedia.ioimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-down1imageHow does this math work?fedia.io@cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 4 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelemmynglinkfedilinkEnglish388•4 months agoYou can’t just add the balances and expect it to amount to the same as the spend. Consider this: you spend 0, 0, 0, 50. Your balances are 50, 50, 50, 0. Adding up the balances you get 150. What does this mean? Absolutely nothing.
minus-squareCaptain Janewaylinkfedilink46•4 months agoMaybe 1, 1, 1 -> 49, 48, 47 is a better example though. But same thing.
minus-squarelemmynglinkfedilinkEnglish35•4 months agoI wanted to keep it simple and avoid a factorial sum. My example also shows that the remainder sum goes up even when nothing is spent.
minus-square@jqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink14•4 months ago“I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate”
You can’t just add the balances and expect it to amount to the same as the spend. Consider this: you spend 0, 0, 0, 50. Your balances are 50, 50, 50, 0. Adding up the balances you get 150. What does this mean? Absolutely nothing.
Maybe 1, 1, 1 -> 49, 48, 47 is a better example though. But same thing.
I wanted to keep it simple and avoid a factorial sum. My example also shows that the remainder sum goes up even when nothing is spent.
“I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate”
“What’s that make us?”