RE: Army Composition
- Posted by Cassidy Napoli <gonzotek at yahoo.com> Oct 10, 2001
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I'm no good at math (read: really, really bad), so this may be totally wrong. But I like the challenge and I'd like to see the correct code if mine isn't it. [code] --Rank over Population Problem --By A. Cassidy Napoli --For a given population, what is the maximum number of persons at each rank? --Soldiers no requirements --Squad Leader commands 20 soldiers --Lieutenant commands 10 Squad Leaders --Captain commands 10 Lt.s --General commands 5 Captains include get.e integer population,soldier,leader,lieutenant,captain,general population = prompt_number("Population Size: ", {}) soldier = floor(population / 1) leader = floor(soldier / 20) if remainder (leader,20) then leader += 1 end if lieutenant = floor(leader / 10) if remainder (lieutenant,10) then lieutenant += 1 end if captain = floor(lieutenant / 10) if remainder (captain,10) then captain += 1 end if general = floor(captain / 5) if remainder (general,5) then general += 1 end if puts(1, "Population: ") ? (population) puts(1, "Soldiers: ") ? (soldier) puts(1, "Squad Leaders: ") ? (leader) puts(1, "Lieutenants: ") ? (lieutenant) puts(1, "Captains: ") ? (captain) puts(1, "Generals: ") ? (general) [end code] C. K. Lester wrote: > I want to know how many a certain population can support. > > If I have 2 million people, how many will be soldiers, how many > Generals, > and how many of each rank in between... You have to build it from the > bottom > up... Maybe there won't be any generals if the population isn't over a > certain number... > > Don't let the military designations confuse things. This isn't strictly > a > military problem as much as it is a tiered-organization problem. > > Thanks! > ck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <euman at bellsouth.net> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 1:35 PM > Subject: Re: Army Composition > > > > First, how many Generals are there per people in the population? > > > > Euman > > euman at bellsouth.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> > > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:46 > > Subject: Army Composition > > > > > > > For a given population, what is the maximum number of persons at each > rank? > > > > > > Soldiers - no requirements > > > Squad Leader - commands 20 soldiers > > > Lt. - commands 10 Squad Leaders > > > Captain - commands 10 Lt.s > > > General - commands 5 Captains > > > > > > I need a EUPHORIA program to compute these values given a population. > > > > > > Who's got one? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > ck > >