Question for math wizards

[arrow]

in bowl mania it has me ranked in the top 99.3% on my picks but has me in 1422 place. so tell me guys how many total players were there in this contest? :shrug: thanks, ARROW

 

[Interceptor]

Seems kinda simple here...

.7 = 1421
99.3 / .7 =142
142 x 1421 = 201578

am I close?

 

[BGFalcon]

0.7% of the contestants are ahead of you
1421 contestants are ahead of you

0.007*(number of contestants) = 1421

0.007x=1421

x=203,000

 

[Carl Spackler]

Falcon,

Thanks for showing your work...you get full credit.

 

[arrow]

203,000

203,000

thanks guys i was wondering about that, and good luck tonight ARROW

 

[Julene]

Uhm, being "in the top 99.3%" isn't an accomplishment, is it? Being the top .7% is. If you are really "in the top 99.3%" they've done the math wrong. In that case there are only 1432 contestants, and 1422 are ahead of you.

.993x=1422
x=1422/.993
x=1432.02417

 

[treynolds]

Uhm, being "in the top 99.3%" isn't an accomplishment, is it? Being the top .7% is. If you are really "in the top 99.3%" they've done the math wrong. In that case there are only 1432 contestants, and 1422 are ahead of you.

.993x=1422
x=1422/.993
x=1432.02417

im pretty sure thats not what he meant