[RoosterCogset]

Originally Posted by makoti

If someplace has 7 millionaires, and 3 billionaires and 100 people in town, it has a higher # of millionaires per capita than someplace with 3 millionaires and 7 billionaires but 110 people. The latter has a higher average and mean, but a lower per capita.

Originally Posted by RoosterCogset

What if in the first scenario, the 7 millionaires have $999,999,999 each, and the billionaires have $10,000,000,000 each. And in the 2nd group, the 3 millionaires have $1,000,001 each, and the 7 billionaires each have $1,000,000,001 ?

Originally Posted by windsurfer

Huh?

The first scenario has a higher average and mean. Of course though, we don't know what the income of the other 90/100 people is.