Question about currency.

[Mr_Crud]

How come the decimals in metal prices are always double digits?

 

Ex. 1.33 instead of 1.3

 

I've always just kinda gone with it, but why?

[FearKitten]

Because it's a third of a ref. Three scrap = rec, three rec = ref.

 

Really, it should be 1.33, 1.67, 2, but no-one bothers rounding.

[MC22]

How come the decimals in metal prices are always double digits?

 

Ex. 1.33 instead of 1.3

 

I've always just kinda gone with it, but why?

because metal is split up into 9 parts by scrap. therefore 1 scrap is .11 ref, 2 scrap is .22 ref and so on.

[Woifi The Viking]

1.33 is more accurate than 1.3. Isn't that necessary though.

[Mr_Crud]

It might as well be .33333333333333 If you want to be more accurate I really still don't get it actually.

[FearKitten]

If 1 ref = 1.00, then if a rec was 0.3, 3 rec would be 0.9. 1.33 is the most reasonable solution.

[Mr_Crud]

It wouldn't matter though, .9 is essentially .99, right? And it really doesnt make sense anyway sense .99=1.00

[AwesomeMcCoolName]

well, .9 vs .99 is a big difference.

 

Bc by your logic, 

1 scrap=.1

1 rec=.3 

1 Ref=1.0

 

So, 3 Rec+1 scrap=1 Refined

[FearKitten]

And really, it's 0.9999999999, which technically equals 1. We shorten it to 1.33 to simplify things.

[Mr_Crud]

Ah I see, my mistake was just thinking .9=.99, .3=.33, etc. Forget this whole thread; I'm a dumbass :c

[Puddilicious]

1.3 is too far off the actual value. This becomes apparent when you are buying multiples of one item:

 

(1 ref 1 rec) * 20 = (20 ref 20 rec) = 26 ref 2 rec = 26.66666666666666666666666 ref

 

 

Using 2 decimal places:

 

1.33 ref * 20 = 26.6 ref (0.5 scrap discrepancy)

 

 

But it's even worse if you use only 1 decimal place:

 

1.3 ref * 20 = 26 ref (2 reclaimed discrepancy)

 

 

To avoid huge discrepencies, people use 2 decimal places. Personally, I always punch in like 4-5 decimal places, cause I routinely buy dozens of one item at a time.

[MC22]

1.3 is too far off the actual value. This becomes apparent when you are buying multiples of one item:

 

(1 ref 1 rec) * 20 = (20 ref 20 rec) = 26 ref 2 rec = 26.66666666666666666666666 ref

 

 

Using 2 decimal places:

 

1.33 ref x 20 = 26.6 ref (0.5 scrap discrepancy)

 

 

But it's even worse if you use only 1 decimal place:

 

1.3 ref x 20 = 26 ref (2 reclaimed discrepancy)

 

 

To avoid huge discrepencies, people use 2 decimal places. Personally, I always punch in like 4-5 decimal places, cause I routinely buy dozens of one item at a time.

Gold, post this in the credit discrepancy thread.

[Puddilicious]

Gold, post this in the credit discrepancy thread.

Haha, wow. I never use TF2 Warehouse and after seeing that page, I'm glad I don't.