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On Thu, 16 May 2013 23:17:42 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aol com> wrote:
> 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.
>
It did help to clarify the issue though.
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-Nekar Xenos-
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