cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agoHow does this math work?discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageHow does this math work?discuss.tchncs.decmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago“I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate”
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMaybe 1, 1, 1 -> 49, 48, 47 is a better example though. But same thing.
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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.
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.
“I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate”
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.