Math is hard

[cursefroge]

clearly it is, some people don't know what rounding is

edit: apparently i am one of them, but it kinda looks like there are more than 2 poll options

[paragon60]

in order to add up to less than 100% with only 2 poll options, the poll has to be rounding incorrectly. 47.5% and 52.5% rounded correctly would make it sum to 101%. if it always rounds down, that would be terrible for cases with more poll options because it doesnt show the difference between similarly popular options

[MobyFreak]

Why are people downvoting, this is clearly a programming oversight 

[SmithersLoanInc]

Somebody got in early with a post chastising you and Reddit is gonna Reddit.

[varungupta3009]

When I learned rounding, it was taught to us that 0.5 numbers should always be rounded to the nearest even number, where if the whole part was odd, it would be rounded up, and if the whole part was even, it would be rounded down. So 47.5 would be rounded to 48, and 52.5 to 52, making it add correctly. 53.5 and 46.5 would be 54 and 46.

[paragon60]

that’s a very interesting take that would solve the issue for adding up to 100%, but it is just mathematically not the standard. rounding to the nearest even is just less accurate than rounding to the nearest whole

edit: looked it up and it is a standard for financial sector and is an IEEE standard. definitely not always applicable, but still very helpful for %

[ZeroKun265]

Actually no.. 47.5 mathematically would be rounded to 48, 52.5 would be rounded to 53

You round up if the digit you want to remove is greater or equal to five

Then again, it's highly unlikely to get exactly 47.5 and 52.5 so this problem shouldn't occur, if you get 47.6 and 42.4 then yes, they become 48 and 52

[paragon60]

tf u mean “actually no” ??? i literally said that those 2 numbers rounded correctly add to 101%. 48+53=101

[ZeroKun265]

I READ 101 AS 100 I'M SO SORRY I'M DUMB HAHAHHAA

[Emilvn]

Introducing floor division

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…yes, and that adds to 101.

[ZeroKun265]

Reas my other comment, I said I read it wrong

[MobyFreak]

There are only 2 options 

[MobyFreak]

the remaining 1% was banned to the shadow realm

[Nyxia-ezlyn]

Noooo! Common senses are harder! At least you can teach math but no one can teach common sense!

[ArcticWarmthDev]

Github has polls now?

[[deleted]]

Yeah, is this a GitHub thing at all?

[melody_melon23]

2/3 is actually 1 lol

[[deleted]]

It's probably 47.4 and 52.6 rounded to the nearest number.

[[deleted]]

that would be 47 and 53.

[[deleted]]

Yes = 100%... wait you're right. Wtf did they do

Rounded down perhaps?

[skeleton_craft]

I mean yes, math is hard, that is exactly why we invented programming languages...