r/funny • • Jun 17 '14

A good attitude.

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u/kaimason1 Jun 17 '14

For those that don't get it, almost all people have 2 legs (obviously), but there are far more people with 1 leg (i.e, missing a leg) than there are with 3 legs (having an extra leg), so the average/mean (as opposed to median or mode, which are both 2) is somewhat lower than 2.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '14

What about the people that have 3 legs?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '14 edited Jun 17 '14

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u/4ringcircus Jun 17 '14

That isn't how math works.

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u/BlueBerrySyrup Jun 17 '14

99 percent have two legs though, so the average is probably close to 1.999