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Apportionment
05-24-2019, 12:34 PM
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RE: Apportionment
Hi, Pekis.

Technically, even if distributed amounts added exactly to total, it is still not equitable.
Rounding operation will slightly favored whoever is lucky.

To force distribution of leftover pennies, I would have added them to B1, B3.
When scaled back to $390, we get this: (max abs err = 0.0048, averaged abs err = 0.0036)
Code:
105.99 →  83.0042, err = +0.0042
 72.78 →  56.9964, err = -0.0036
135.36 → 106.0048, err = +0.0048
111.09 →  86.9982, err = -0.0018
 72.78 →  56.9964, err = -0.0036

Pennies to B2, B4 is slightly less equitable: (max abs err = 0.0060, averaged abs err = 0.0041)
Code:
105.98 →  82.9964, err = -0.0036
 72.79 →  57.0042, err = +0.0042
135.35 → 105.9970, err = -0.0030
111.10 →  87.0060, err = +0.0060
 72.78 →  56.9964, err = -0.0036

BTW, why B2 get the penny, but not B5 ? (Both started with the same $57)
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Apportionment - Pekis - 05-24-2019, 09:14 AM
RE: Apportionment - pier4r - 05-24-2019, 10:12 AM
RE: Apportionment - Pekis - 05-24-2019, 12:26 PM
RE: Apportionment - Albert Chan - 05-24-2019 12:34 PM
RE: Apportionment - Pekis - 05-24-2019, 12:42 PM



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