Simple math-related question?
Hey guys, I need help with a rather simple math question . If 500 is 0 and 800 is 1, what is any value of x between those expressed as sort of a percent decimal between 0 and 1?
For instance, what is 630?
How do I find this ? I know it's basic math but I'm very tired right now.
This isn't entirely about scripting but it is definitely related to scripting for something I'm trying to do. Delete it if you must.
3 answers
There is a difference of 300, therefore 300 = 1 and 0 = 0, so you would do:
(x - 500)
To get what it could be.
Divided by 300 (For a fraction)
(x - 500)/300
Will give you a percentage
This script proves it:
while true do
x = math.random(500, 800)
print (x.."\'s decimal is"..((x - 500)/300))
wait(1)
end
Output: 655's decimal is0.51666666666667
532's decimal is0.10666666666667
615's decimal is0.38333333333333
726's decimal is0.75333333333333
721's decimal is0.73666666666667
604's decimal is0.34666666666667
648's decimal is0.49333333333333
655's decimal is0.51666666666667
797's decimal is0.99
726's decimal is0.75333333333333
521's decimal is0.07
710's decimal is0.7
651's decimal is0.50333333333333
705's decimal is0.68333333333333
544's decimal is0.14666666666667
546's decimal is0.15333333333333
local endnum = 800 local startnum = 500 local x = 630 local result = x-startnum/(endnum-start)
630 would be about 0.433