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Re: Another little puzzle

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From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject Re: Another little puzzle
Date Thu, 15 Dec 2022 02:04:05 +0000
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

>   Given n times of the 24-hour day, print their average. 
>
>   For example, the average of "eight o'clock" and
>   "ten o'clock" (n=2) would be "nine o'clock".
>
>   (You can choose any representation, for example "HH:MM"
>   or "seconds since midnight".)

I came across this problem in another context where the solution I ended
up using had two components -- the average and the "strength" of that
average.

Is this a purely abstract problem or did it crop up in some practical
context?  The two-valued solution (average/strength) would also work
well from some applications.

-- 
Ben.

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Re: Another little puzzle Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-15 02:04 +0000

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