URGENT HELP: I need some help with statistics calculations - please!

by Crumpet 43 Replies latest jw friends

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  Crumpet

  Okay so this is for an assignment - due in at midnight tomorrow. Its a tiny part of it but the accuracy is paramount and I can't get my head around it and so if anyone can help with the math I'd be very grateful.

  I want to show what percentage higher the GNI of the UK is above France. In the table of stats UK GNI is 33,360 and France is 30,370.

  My question is the sum this: 33630 - 30370 = 3260. then 3260/ UK 33630 = 0.0969 x 100 = UK GNI is 9.69% over France.

  OR

  Is the sum this: 33630 - 30370 = 3260. Then 3260/France 30370 = 0.107 x100 = UK GNI is 10.73 over France?

  I'm not sure whether I calculate using the lower figure as the base for percentage increase or the higher and am confused and stuck and never very good with figures anyway....
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  Junction-Guy

  I have no clue, but hopefully someone here can help you.
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  deeskis

  Sorry Crumples, I read your example twice and my head was swimming. I also had thoughts of "OK, people in france make less money, but they have better weather, beautiful wine, and say ooh lala a lot...........that's got to be worth something!!!

  Sorry I'm no help...............Dxx (failed O level Arithmetic twice!) ;)
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  Dark Knight

  Hi Crumpet,
  
  It's the difference divided by the lower figure. So the final result should be that the UK GNI is 10.73% higher than France's.
  
  BTW Glad to see your boy Hamilton doing well in the F1. Shame about our Webber though!
  
  Cheers
  DK
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  Crumpet

  Dee - Am laughing my head off - oh god I cant stop!

  Sorry Crumples, I read your example twice and my head was swimming. I also had thoughts of "OK, people in france make less money, but they have better weather, beautiful wine, and say ooh lala a lot...........that's got to be worth something!!!

  Sorry I'm no help...............Dxx (failed O level Arithmetic twice!) ;)

  What kind of answer is that! LOL! Too too funny and bad girl am distracted from this work now! Dark Knight - thank you thank you - I thought it was the lower figure but wasnt sure. If all else failed and you lot began comparing wine and weather instead of CO2 emissions and GNI per head I was going to just say almost 10% anyway - I had a plan B but it will gain me a mark to be accurate and I need those marks. Thanks again - I may be back with more mind boggling qs later. DK - I missed the race because I was studying but caught the highlights. I think I need to stop betting on Hamilton winning every race and just take the smaller winnings from him getting podium which he is very consistent at. Okay back to work....
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  ex-nj-jw

  Crumpet,

  Sorry I can't help, math is my worst!!

  I'm not quite sure how I made it through nursing school for 4 years.

  nj
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  JH

  33,360 and France is 30,370.

  33,360 / 30,370

  that gives 1.09845, so it's 9.845% higher
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  Crumpet

  JH I think you are wrong and are working on my higher figure sum. Which is incorrect.

  ANOTHER QUESTION:

  To check I have this straight:

  Russia uses 5480 electricity in kWH per capita - America uses 13078 kwh - am I right now to say that AMerica consumes 72.12% more electricity based on the following calculation:

  13078 - 5480 = 7598 divide 5480 = 0.721 x 100 = 72.12%.
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  JH

  Russia uses 5480 electricity in kWH per capita - America uses 13078 kwh - am I right now to say that AMerica consumes 72.12% more electricity based on the following calculation:

  13078 - 5480 = 7598 divide 5480 = 0.721 x 100 = 72.12%.

  You're wrong.

  13078 / 5480 = 2.3864 so america uses 238.64 % more per capita
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  JH

  If John eats 5 big macs and crumpet eats only 2, that means that John eats 5 / 2 or 2.5 times more than Crumpet or 250% more.