Re: Mathmatical Question, Formula to multiply a number by smaller amounts?

On 9/28/05, Zeusbwr <zeusbwr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I mean hell, atleast if you still dont believe me tell me if it is
> > possible, and i will attempt to dig deeper.. but i've got no idea
> > where to go from. Advanced math ( advanced for me lol ) isnt me
> > specialty, though i've always loved math, i never got too much
> > schooling in it.

Oh, it's quite possible

I'll get you started....

You're working from top down and one of the things you might want to
do is look at it from bottom up.

You're decreasing by .95, which is 19/20.

If you work your way up from the bottom up, it's 20/19.

(20/19) * (20/19) * (20/19) * .... = 5

or

(20/19)^n = 5

if you use the log function, it becomes:

n ( (log 20) - (log 19) ) = log 5

n ( 1.301029596 - 1.278753601) = 0.698970604

n ( 0.022275595 ) = 0.698970604

n = 31.37831353


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