Author: Jorge
Date: 15:18:02 05/10/02
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On May 10, 2002 at 12:51:42, Roy Eassa wrote: >On May 10, 2002 at 12:31:23, Keith Evans wrote: > >>On May 09, 2002 at 10:46:58, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>> >>>Just a point of math: if x is 70% higher than y, then y is about 58.8% lower >>>than x. >>> >>>(Earlier you said that the K7 was 70% faster than the P4. If that's true, then >>>it cannot also be true that the P4 is 70% slower than the K7.) >>> >>>BTW, I am making NO statement in the Intel vs. AMD war, only a math comment. >>> >> >>I would say that y is about 42% lower than x. >> >>x is 70% higher than y: x = (1 + 0.70)y >>y is 42% lower than x: y = (1 - 0.42)x >> > > >You're right. I said "58.8% slower" when I should have said "58.8% as fast" or >"41.2% slower". > >My math was dumb, but my original point is even stronger with your correction: >If x is 70% faster than y, you *cannot* say that y is thus 70% slower than x. >It's much less than that. I see your point Roy. If y= 1.70x (x is 70% faster), then with respect to y, x=(1/1.70)y or .588y, which means y is 41.2% slower than x. regards, jorge
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