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naturalplastic wrote:
Sabreclaw wrote:
Yigeren wrote:
It's not nice to say, but I've found that people in general are stupid. Unfortunately.
Don't recall where I heard it, maybe a George Carlin routine? "Think about how dumb the average human is, and then realize that half the population is even dumber".
naturalplastic wrote:
In all fairness the person who posted that might have been a Brit.
In contrast to the US,where a "billion" means "a thousand times a million", in Britain a billion means "a million millions". What we call a "billion" they just call "a thousand million".
So the person might have thought that the powerball was in British billions. So each American would get 4,333 dollars (a fraction of a new car), and not just four and a third dollars. Though that would still not be 4.333 million.
In contrast to the US,where a "billion" means "a thousand times a million", in Britain a billion means "a million millions". What we call a "billion" they just call "a thousand million".
So the person might have thought that the powerball was in British billions. So each American would get 4,333 dollars (a fraction of a new car), and not just four and a third dollars. Though that would still not be 4.333 million.
A million millions? Powerball must be really wealthy that they can afford lottery prizes valued in the trillions.
1.3 billion divided by 300 would make 4.33 million. It's like someone put it in the calculator and forgot about the millions part.
Uh...no.
You're making a variant of the same mistake that the pork head who put that thing on the WEB made that we are talking about.
Ten is 10^1. 100= 10^2, 1000 equals 10^3
A thousand divided by a 100 is ten (when you divide you subtract the exponents). 10 to the 3 divided by ten to the second equals ten^3-2. Or 10^1.
Lets say the powerball is 1.2 billion (to make it simpler).
Since the Powerball is 1.2 billion in American billions it is 1.2 times 10^9.
The American population is 300 million,or three times 10^8.
So it would be 1.2 times ten^9 over 3X10^8. Which would be: 'POINT four times ten to the power of one' in dollars per American (point four times ten, ergo four dollars per person).
BUT
If the powerball were in BRITISH billions then the pot would be 1.2 times ten to the power of 12 (instead of nine). So that would add an extra three digits to the share if it were divided between each American. Which would be...what I said above... four thousand dollars. NOT what YOU said which is four million dollars.
Or you could calculate it the above way: 1.2 times ten to 12th over 3 times ten to the eight. Which would yield "point four times ten to the fourth", or...four thousand dollars.
I think you're misreading what I said.
1.3 trillion divided by 300 million is 4,333, no arguing there. However, what I said was 1.3 billion divided by 300 is 4.33 million.
My comment about the British pounds was disconnected from the comment after it. Hence, I put a line between them. That second comment was me trying to explain how the picture in the OP got the 4.33 million figure.
I suppose I could have just written:
(1.3 x 10^12) / (3.0 x 10^8) ≈ 4.33 x 10^3
(1.3 x 10^9) / (3.0 x 10^2) ≈ 4.33 x 10 ^ 6
I prefer not to write that stuff out on forums though. I'm well aware on how indices work, in fact I was quite good at that back in highschool. Not sure I remember all the index laws off by heart anymore though. How many was there, eight?
1. a^n x a^m = a^(n+m)
2. a^n / a^m = a^(n-m)
3. (a^n)^m = a^nm
4. a^(-n) = 1/(a^n)
5. (a/b)^n = (a^n) / (b^n)
6. (ab)^n = a^n x b^n
7. a^0 = 1
Damn, that's all I've got. Not sure they're all correct either. Oh well, that should be enough to get by.
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