Hate to do it.....but

**chilidog** · 01-26-11, 01:19 PM

Every single computer comes with a built-in calculator...

**fid00** · 01-26-11, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Kaplan

Sorry to clog up this very clever forum with a stupid math problem.

What is -21 / 7 ?

Simple I know, but it's been stumping me this morning how to do this math problem.

-3 now go back to class

**Dark Horse** · 01-26-11, 01:27 PM

It's were 24/7 turns to -21/7. Basically a high unemployment rating.

**dbDan** · 01-26-11, 10:30 PM

This is a joke, right?

**onlooker** · 01-26-11, 10:34 PM

**Flight** · 01-27-11, 01:06 AM

I can help you solve it if you tell me what / means

**brad89** · 01-27-11, 01:50 AM

**Insoluble** · 01-27-11, 01:54 AM

Wow, just wow.

**Kaplan** · 01-27-11, 03:07 AM

My bad Gents. I should've worded my question a little better. I can do the math. In the past, I've always used averages from a very large CFB database to place my bets. With very nice return I might add. After getting Conquering Risk in the mail, i decided to start working on some new formula's incorporating the spread into the numbers, rather than just betting the averages against the spread. I was trying to figure out what kind of value I would give to a team who was favored by 21, but was only rated -7 in a paticular data set. For the time being, I have settled on -14.

**skrtelfan** · 01-27-11, 04:32 PM

Potatoes.

**buby74** · 01-27-11, 06:11 PM

Well 21/7 is the 21st of July the minus must mean last year so I think the answer is 21-7-2010!
Am I right???

**brad89** · 01-27-11, 07:16 PM

Originally posted by buby74

Well 21/7 is the 21st of July the minus must mean last year so I think the answer is 21-7-2010! Am I right???

Yeah man, congratulations!

**Flight** · 01-27-11, 07:25 PM

So you're saying take a number that you come up with and adjust it based on the market? Then what? You bet less because it's closer to market? Makes no sense.

If your number is off, either your model is wrong or the market is wrong. This is called error and should not be "averaged away" but instead analyzed, rationalized, and reduced. There are better ways to improve your model than simply throwing error away.

**horsiehung** · 01-28-11, 12:20 AM

gave you a point you poor thing!