On 16/05/2013 9:55 PM, Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> an algebraic mystification that is easily resolved ;)
>
>    1.0 * min + 0.5 * (max - min)
> = 1.0 * min + 0.5 * max - 0.5 * min
> = 0.5 * min + 0.5 * max
> = 0.5 * (min + max)

You are right of course.
But why put that "1.0 + " on the first line?

I think of it (the first line), from my mid 20th Cent schooling, as:
Half of the difference between max and min plus the "offset" of min.


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Regards
     Stephen

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