thanks for the info

i wish i had a clue about algebra….

Yay for basic algebra.

You can’t count me. I don’t vote at all on opinions, observations etc. If a theory is good I will plus it, otherwise don’t vote.

Easy way: Subtract the rating (disregard + or - sign) from the total votes cast and divide by 2. That is the votes in the minority. Now add the rating (disregard the + or - sign) back to the votes in the minority and that is the majority votes.

For example if there are 20 votes and the rating is +6 —

(1) Subtract the rating (6) from the total (20) (=14) and divide by 2 = 7 votes for the minority (or -1 here).

(2) Add the rating (6) back to the minority (7) = 13 votes for the majority (+1).

But I think your math is a bit off.

Let’s try it again:

W=final rating X=number of positive votes Y=number of negative votes Z=total votes cast

X+Y=Z; X-Y=W;

X=(Z+W)/2

Y=(Z-W)/2

So, for example, if 31 votes were cast, and the final rating is 25, then

X=(31+25)/2 = 28 plus votes

Y=(31-25)/2 = 3 minus votes

who cares?

is there someone there

face palm

what about the hanging chads? how do they count?

holy frijoles — simplify the equation:

negative votes = -2 (total votes - rating)

BTW, LOL, cobra

duh — don’t know what’s happened to my comment but here we go again:

no. negative votes equals: -2(toal votes - rating)

no. of positive votes equals: total votes - no. of negative votes

[note to file: apparently the use of the number symbol causes problems…]

Val.

Wrong.

Unless you mean to say,

neg votes = (total votes - rating) divided by 2

Which is exactly what I already have shown, with the equation

Y=(Z-W)/2

Why are people so afraid of symbols?

caue evryone likes to shoot down all theories that dont matche their own. they need to just change it to vote 1-10 how good the theory is this system is way gay indeed (+1)

My head hurts..I am not good at this stuff.