On my normal route to work, there are nine stop lights. On average, I hit six of those lights green. And I do ratios as I'm getting closer. One light red 1/1; one light green 1/2 - that's 50%; another green light - 2/3 for 66.67%; etc. (Side note: it's amazing that when you only have a small pool of numbers, any detractor causes a significant drop in percentage that is never really recovered. Makes me think those pop quizzes in school that counted for so much of a grade were really unfair. Ten questions, I miss two and I'm already down to a B. Five questions, miss one and it's a B; two and you've practically failed.) The even and smaller numbers are easier to convert to percentages - it's a bit more difficult when I get to 7 or 9, but I have it all worked out before I get into the parking lot.
Like I said, most days I get six of nine (2/3 or 66.67%) green lights. There are some days that I'm luckier and get 7 or 8 green lights. On those days, I make sure to circle the parking lot, since I just *know* there's going to be a spot right up front for me. And in more than 6 years of working at this location, there has only been ONE time when I made all nine lights green. That was an amazing day.
On the other hand, there are days (like today) that only make 5/9 (55.55%) - and the few rare 4/9 days (44.44%). If I'd been paying attention to the signs, I would've realized that I should just go home and crawl back in bed.
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When I used to drive from Bountiful to Springville. I would add up the numbers on the license plates. I sometimes did multiplication and if I was really ambitious I would average.
Sweet! I'll have to give that a try on my next road trip... =)
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