Results of the Fish Farming Competition is out!
Drum-roll please. .. The much-awaited result of the fish farming competition is out. Here are the top prizes:
Thanks to Judge Aik
The verdict is in! Gold fish is better!
Feng Chen is going to be one fat gold fish after he spends all his first prize take on ice cream! Congratulations!
Reginald Lee is not going to be much thinner, having won second prize. Well done!
Tran Ngoc Diep has a better chance of beating the BMI, since he only got third prize. Way to go!
Thank you all for the postings, emails, and entries. Shall send an email to all, with one attempt at an approximate solution.
Three cheers to the happy farmer (and his friends in the same trade) who was helped!
Submissions of the above winning entries are attached. We would also like to thank other commendable submissions we received (also as attached). Extracts of the entries as follows:
Guppies
11g - 20%
26g - 60%
41g - 20%
Assuming distribution similar to that of guppies
Goldfish
20.4g - 20%
26.2g - 60%
32g - 20%
Guppy Distribution
0% Percentile: 7.25g
25% Percentile: 16.8g
50% Percentile: 26g
75% Percentile: 35.2g
100% Percentile: 44.75g
Combined 3 wk & 4wk Goldfish distribution
0% Percentile: 16.56g
25% Percentile: 22.18g
50% Percentile: 27.07g
75% Percentile: 30g
100% Percentile: 34.199g
Thank you all for the enthusiastic response and *tongue-in-cheek* metaphors. Not only we know more about fish farming now (ha ha ;-), but more seriously, it goes to demonstrate that NUS BBA students have the substance (which I was talking about in an earlier blog) are mathematically-grounded and statistically-strong. Don't forget to collect your prizes from the BBA office!