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-----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Willis Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 2:31 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: OT: JOB posting and Nabble I think a "common sense" course might be in order before re-taking algebra Where the heck do you get: 16692 / 296410404 = 5.613 ? You just have to glance at that to see that its way way off A murder rate of 5.6 % would mean that on average more than one of every 20 people get murdered in the US each year. If this was true almost nobody would get to old age before getting murdered. Stephen >From: "Hromyak, Nicholas (DHCS-ITSD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >Subject: Re: OT: JOB posting and Nabble >Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:17:05 -0700 > >Apparently, I was not clear. > > > >Please look at the numbers below > >When I divide the FBI's numbers of 16,692 murders / 296,410,404 the >population in 2005 I get 5.613. > >Please TRY IT! > >16692 / 296410404 = 5.613 > >It's been a while since I did my Algebra, but I think that is correct. > >Now when I look at how to get a percentage according to this site > >http://www.blurtit.com/q845591.html > > > >The equation can be put up as follows: >(Given amount/ Total amount) x100 > >For example if John scores 60 out of 75 in mathematics we can find the >percentage of his marks by dividing 60 by 75 which comes to be 0.8 and >then multiplying it by 100 which gives us the percentage of his marks >in math which is 80%. >(60/75) x 100 = 80% > > > >Hence > >5.6% > > > >According to the FBI > >http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html > >In 2005 there were 16,692 murders in a population of 296,410,404 people >in the united states. > >That's 5.6% murdered in the U.S. > > > > > >________________________________ > >From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Kubasek >Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 10:14 AM >To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >Subject: Re: OT: JOB posting and Nabble > > > >** Nicholas, > >Your math is off. It's 0.0056% for the US, not 5.6%, which would be >about 1/410 the rate in Iraq. (Of course the numbers get a bit more >complicated that that when you consider that the Iraq numbers are over >a period of years with varying populations of soldiers.) > >Joe "Math Nazi" Kubasek > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Hromyak, Nicholas (DHCS-ITSD) > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:05 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: OT JOB posting and Nabble > > ** > > According to > > http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm > > There are 5.6 murders per 100,000 capita in the United States. > > > > According to the FBI > > http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html > > In 2005 there were 16,692 murders in a population of >296,410,404 people in the united states. > > That's 5.6% murdered in the U.S. > > > > Iraq I didn't look up the numbers, I am not even sure where to look, >but I think > > There were over 3,000 soldiers killed with a population (of soldiers) >at 130,000 > > That's 2.3% murdered in Iraq. > > > > I would have thought the number in Iraq would be higher. > > > > Be safe everyone. > > > > >________________________________ > > > > > >__20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML >in it___ > > >_______________________________________________________________________ >________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" _________________________________________________________________ See Fireworks On Live Image Search http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=Fireworks&mkt=en-ca&FORM=SE RNEP ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
