2008 Math is Hard!
posted by on October 19 at 11:11 AM
Curious what percentage of Obama’s record-shattering $150,000,000 September fundraising total your donation accounted for? Math.com will crunch your numbers. I’m proud to say that my boyfriend and I kicked in 0.0006666666666666666% of Obama’s total September haul.
the number of the beast - and then some - armageddon is nigh
Math IS hard! Especially when it comes to significant digits/figures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_figures
Just wait until October numbers come out, they will shatter September's. The heat is on.
$150,000,000 * 0.00067 = $100,500 aren't we limited to $2,300 or something?
Whoops, should be * 0.0000067 $1,005. Duhr.
0.000033333333333333335 for September
I teach math at Seattle U. Come by sometime and I'll show you how to do this without the aid of a web-enabled computer.
Boy, I wish I had $1000 to give away. Under the Barry regime, I will be even poorer.
A basic algebra word problem...
Q. Let's say you had a pile of 7 condoms, and before leaving for the night you took 2 of them. What percentage of your total condoms did you take?
A. (2/7) * 100 = 28.6%
How to figure the amount someone gave, given it as a % of Obama's total Sept. contributions?
Let x = amount donated, P = percentage of total (here P is unknown, so we solve for x)
Then (x/150M) * 100 = P, so in your case:
(x/150M) * 100 = .0006667, and after crunching these numbers into the Google instant calculator, voilą!...
x = .00066667*150M/100 ~= $1000
Hahaha, Tuppence 411 makes more than $250,000 a year but doesn't have $1,000 - stupid rich people! You should learn to live within your means!
Moron...
Terry got a job?
Well, I beat the 'average' donation of $86. I'm still not showing up on those donor sites, though - WTF??
#17 - If Terry is cooking, taking care of the house and toting DJ around, he HAS a job. Hopefully, Dan pays him as much as he would an outside employee.
#8, If you don't have a $1000 to donate (like I don't), then you'll be keeping MORE under Barry Steve. Not less.
@12
You realize that's like $11/hr, right?
I can't imagine too many people 'pay' their spouse a per hour rate...
Stop giving Obama money already. Sheesh.
Because I need things to get better I donate to Obama. I really can't afford what McCain will do to my checkbook.
One hundred fifty million dollars in a country of three hundred million people equals fifty cents per person.
Speaking of math, I'm still waiting for offical clarification of Mr Obama's statement that he'll cut income taxes for 95% of Americans, when according to the IRS only 67% of Americans pay any income taxes.
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