a significant math mistake

[gregod]

Despite a budget of between 50 per cent and 300 per cent less than their rivals, Bretagne-Schuller is confident of its wild card chances.

Does this really need to be explained?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Does this really need to be explained?

Well you can say "300% more" and the author probably tried to use similar phrasing in this situation but obviously that is incorrect.

 

[Anonymous]

Does this really need to be explained?

Well its fairly obvious, if a rival has 10m a year, then 300% of that is 30m, so they have negative 20m a year

 

[usedtobefast]

"why does the porridge bird lay it's egg in the air?"

 

[Le breton]

Does this really need to be explained?

Quote:
Despite a budget of between 50 per cent and 300 per cent less than their rivals, Bretagne-Schuller is confident of its wild card chances.

Does this really need to be explained?
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50 per cent and 300 per cent = multiplication

less than = subtraction

From reading newspapers over half a century, be it in English or in French, I have concluded that a majority of journalists do not have a command of the language of mathematics as you beautifully exemplified in this particular case.

 

[krebs303]

"why does the porridge bird lay it's egg in the air?"

Asked and Answered in the Freeform/Chaos thread last December

 

[usedtobefast]

Asked and Answered in the Freeform/Chaos thread last December

but that was eggs. this is egg. and i am not the eggman.

 

[krebs303]

but that was eggs. this is egg. and i am not the eggman.

Are you the Walrus? coo coo ca choo
The answer lays in either:
Fudd's First Law of Opposition
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.
Or
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law
It goes in -- it must come out.

 

[usedtobefast]

Are you the Walrus? coo coo ca choo
The answer lays in either:
Fudd's First Law of Opposition
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.
Or
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law
It goes in -- it must come out.

i think you broke the president...

 

[krebs303]

i think you broke the president...

well my mother was a bozoette in school
She always told me "you have to start young if your going to stick it out"
I have to go I'm tired of all theses geeks a gawking at me

 

[Hugh Januss]

Quote:
Despite a budget of between 50 per cent and 300 per cent less than their rivals, Bretagne-Schuller is confident of its wild card chances.

Does this really need to be explained?
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50 per cent and 300 per cent = multiplication

less than = subtraction

From reading newspapers over half a century, be it in English or in French, I have concluded that a majority of journalists do not have a command of the language of mathematics as you beautifully exemplified in this particular case.

Actually 50% less would be one half as much, while 100% less would be nothing. Maybe what they are trying to say is that where their competition has a 5 million budget they are actually starting out 10 million in debt?

 

[Anonymous]

Actually 50% less would be one half as much, while 100% less would be nothing. Maybe what they are trying to say is that where their competition has a 5 million budget they are actually starting out 10 million in debt?

that was the conclusion i came to. alternatively cn are talking hogwash.

 

[krebs303]

You are seeking truth from statistics?

now let's take $100 increase it 400% now we have $400. lets decrease it $300. Now your money decreased by 75% or 3 sets of 100. 100 being the original 100% you can say your $ went down 300%
Lies, darn lies and satistics

 

[usedtobefast]

You are seeking truth from statistics?

now let's take $100 increase it 400% now we have $400. lets decrease it $300. Now your money decreased by 75% or 3 sets of 100. 100 being the original 100% you can say your $ went down 300%
Lies, darn lies and satistics