I saw a case estimating number of cats per household as 1.5 how can this be? I see how it can work for FTE but how does it translate for pets?
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As someone who claims to be a coach, it’s a poor reflection that you’d take time out of your busy day just to leave a sarcastic comment that adds no value.
For the calculation of annual pass holders, isn't it 60,000 passes, given that we assume that 600,000 visitors use their pass 10 times per season?
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Ian
on Jun 29, 2021
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In the exact same way that a birthrate can be 1.2 in a country, or the average children/cars per household can be 1.5!
Essentially what this means is that, for every 2 households, there are 3 pets. (e.g 1 household has 3 and the other has 0 OR 1 household has 2 and the other has 1)
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Anonymous B
on Jun 28, 2021
each household, on average, has 1 dog and 1 cat - which is an inferior animal, thus counting as half.
jokes aside, it could be the case that the average house in this specific area is 3 households and 2 pets.

Antonello
on Jun 29, 2021
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Hi, it is an average, so a number with commas can be in this case acceptable.
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on Jun 29, 2021
Are you seriously asking how averages work?

Anonymous C
on Jun 29, 2021
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