What's the average of 5 MPG and 10 MPG?
The math isn't quite obvious to me, but if you go out camping and get 5 MPG on the way to the campground and turn around and get 10 MGP on the way back, your average MPG won't be 7.5 as you would expe...
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holstein13 wrote:
Great point. I saw the same comment you did. But I'm glad you responded anyway because it makes the math more obvious. I like how you explained it.
Glad it helped. As I was making the comparisons, the denominator/numerator just started shouting at me. Who knew after a full year of failing division of fractions in 5th grade that it would make sense so many years later. :)
P.S. Someone once asked why people quote the prior post when responding - this is why. They disappear, get edited without comment, etc. Very annoying and confusing. By quoting, the original post can't disappear.
