Re: accurately rounding numbers for percentages

If you had the results:

20.2, 20.2, 20.2, 20.2, 19.2
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which would you change when rounded to integer values so the sum was 100?

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Re^2: accurately rounding numbers for percentages by spazm (Monk) on Aug 02, 2009 at 23:21 UTC
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Re^2: accurately rounding numbers for percentages by LanX (Saint) on Aug 03, 2009 at 23:46 UTC
The last one of course, minimizing the break of symmetry! ;) I think 33 1/3 ,33 1/3 ,33 1/3 might make your point clearer... 8) Cheers Rolf PS: this reminds me of the extra rules for the group phase in football tournaments to decide who continues ... same points? oh! same number of goals? oh! direct comparison undecided? oh! ... and so on, and if nothing can be chosen for a decision they finally flip a coin! 8) eg UEFA_Euro_2008#Tie-breaking_criteria	[reply]