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Word problems suck for us overthinkers Sareitha Sedai Send a noteboard - 01/04/2014 07:01:06 PM

If the question asks for the average percentage per month over some specified timeframe (in this case 4 months), you need to first calculate the monthly averages and then average them together (like you did in your first example). The question you're answering in your second method is different. It's "what is the average percentage of redheads in the room over this entire four month period" (or something like that), in which case you take the total number of redheads (4) divided by the total number of people in the room (10) and come up with 40%. The point-in-time element of this question makes it weird though

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A math question Nate - 01/04/2014 06:13:11 PM 807 Views
Word problems suck for us overthinkers Sareitha Sedai - 01/04/2014 07:01:06 PM 495 Views
If this question is from an exam, it is truly vile. Aeryn - 08/04/2014 07:14:48 AM 652 Views
You are computing two separate things. That is the problem. Tom - 01/04/2014 07:04:49 PM 493 Views
it's a matter of different geometric weighting AgentApple - 02/04/2014 09:51:37 AM 486 Views
... *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 02/04/2014 02:30:34 PM 223 Views
Hmm. Nate - 02/04/2014 09:16:02 PM 505 Views
AgentApple - 03/04/2014 08:26:20 AM 570 Views
Think about the your underlying question Aeryn - 08/04/2014 07:11:24 AM 665 Views
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