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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:13:28 -0700
From: Erin Catto <catto@sj.ptc.com>
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rj wrote:
> 
> In article <341ec84c.3688914@news.infomatch.com>,
> innes@infomatch.com (Karl Innes) wrote:
> >>260 million guns
> >>34,000 firearms
> >>If each gun was used to kill only one person,
> >>that means that 0.000130769% of all guns in the USA are used to kill
> >>someone in the USA.
> >
> >actually it's 0.0130769% or just over 1 in a 1000. (don't forget to
> >shift the decimal two positions to the right when connverting a
> >decimal figure to a percentage figure.)
> 
> Bzz, wrong, flunk math in school?  Take 34,000 and divide it by 260,000,000
> and you get his answer. I have no idea where your answer was pulled from,
> your ass perhaps?

Here's what my ass says (actually MATLAB):

>> 34000/260000000

ans =

   1.3077e-04

>> ans*100

ans =

    0.0131 (this is now a percentage)

which is actually like 1 in 10,000.

Erin
