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Re: The Beam Deflector Sun, 21 November 2004 08:37 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Doh!

I should have read the entire thread that James' message was in. At the end of it all, Bill Butler comes to the rescue and explains the results in terms of integer arithmatic and rounding in armour damage.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION
using integer math
Let Y(0)=1000 and k=10
Y(n) = Y(n-1)*9/10 ,  X(n)=Y(n)/k

n            Y            X
1           900      90
2           810      81
3           729      72
4           656      65
5           590      59
6           531      53
7           477      47
8           429      42
9           386      38
10         347      34
11         312      31
12         280      28
13         252      25
14         226      22
15         203      20
16         182      18
17         163      16
18         146      14
19         131      13
20         117      11
21         105      10
22         94         9
23         84         8
24         75         7
25         67         6
26         60         6
27         54         5
28         48         4
29         43         4
30         38         3
31         34         3
32         30         3
33         27         2

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