At 03:41 PM 6/6/97 -0400, Bruce Aaron Hefner wrote:
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>> A little bit of additional info: 17 (48.5%) of the sticks were V8's.
>> 33 (63.5%) of the autos were V8's, for a ratio of v8 autos to v8 sticks of
>> 1.94:1; a little higher when you add the V8. These numbers would seem to
>> support the theory that a v8 stick is a rare beast. :) Just to throw
>> a couple more numbers into the brew, lets see how the v8 stick compares to
>> the entire field: 17 v8 sticks out of 57 vehicles. That means 29.8% of
>> the trucks are v8 sticks, which are outnumbered by a 3.35:1 ratio.
>
>Actually Jon, that's 17 V8 sticks out of a total of 87 (52 + 35) vehicles
>for a 19.54% of trucks are V8 sticks, which are outnumberd by a 4.12:1
>ratio. Just thought you'd want to know you made a little error,
>everything else is ok though.
Ahhhh... Crap! :P
Good eye, Bruce! Thanks for the quick save. :)
>
>>
>> The percentage of v8 sticks is actually quite surprising to me. I
>> would have expected a much lower showing. I expect that part of the
>> reason for this may be the performance oriented nature of many subscribers.
>> I think the "real world" percentage would be a lot lower.
Thanks to Bruce's correction, the actual percentage is a lot lower than
the one I calculated, but I must admit, it still seems a little high when
compared to what I've seen out on the paved streets of the "real world".
>>
>> Well, that's more than enough math out of me for one day. :)
>>
See? I *knew* that was too much math for one day! ;)
-Jon-
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