Contest has 7 people per group, based on greatest percentage weight loss, new group has 5, how to calculate?

Contest has 7 people per group, based on greatest percentage weight loss, new group has 5, how to calculate?


contest has 7 people per group, based on greatest percentage of weight loss from the total weight of the group, the greatest loser wins.





a new group comes along and says they have only 5 people in the group, which would be the most accurate dividing total weight by 5 ( numerator ) or by 7 ? explain answer|||If you're considering the entire group, you have to divide by the number of people in the group to come up with the more accurate means of measuring. No matter how many people are in the group, the formula is still the same - (original total group weight - new total group weight)/(number of people in the group).