Comments on: Math is hard! http://www.thisisthegreenroom.com/2009/math-is-hard/ don’t panic Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:56:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J http://www.thisisthegreenroom.com/2009/math-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 J Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:58:37 +0000 http://www.thisisthegreenroom.com/?p=3114#comment-1613 Yup - and I like your reasoning because it keeps us squarely in the integer realm... no fractional votes needed, as you said. Yup - and I like your reasoning because it keeps us squarely in the integer realm... no fractional votes needed, as you said.

]]> By: Nemo http://www.thisisthegreenroom.com/2009/math-is-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 Nemo Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:05:06 +0000 http://www.thisisthegreenroom.com/?p=3114#comment-1610 You do not even need fractions. If everybody votes, then to get a 2/3 majority you simply need twice as many votes FOR as AGAINST. Two times 70 is more than 136, therefore the measure failed. It would also fail at 137 to 69. (So the anonymous called was also wrong, just as your calculation shows.) You do not even need fractions. If everybody votes, then to get a 2/3 majority you simply need twice as many votes FOR as AGAINST. Two times 70 is more than 136, therefore the measure failed.

It would also fail at 137 to 69. (So the anonymous called was also wrong, just as your calculation shows.)

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