cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoHow does this math work?discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageHow does this math work?discuss.tchncs.decmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 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-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago“I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate”
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoMaybe 1, 1, 1 -> 49, 48, 47 is a better example though. But same thing.
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 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.
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.