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Old 02-02-2010, 12:48 PM  
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Originally Posted by gleb View Post
OK, so i've been awake for too long but peep this:

# http://www.google.www world population

6,692,030,277

# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millionaire

Percentage of regional population:

0.15%

6,692,030,277 * 0.0015 = 10,038,045 millionaires in the world

6,692,030,277 / 10,038,045 = 1 in 666.6666942616814

Is my math off or is this number a bit creepy?
Computing 0.15% of the population is redundant. You just need 1/0.0015 = 666.666666....
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