Why does everyone suddenly believe that 1/250,000 equals 0.0008% just because everyone else is saying it? It doesn't. Grab a calculator or pen and check for yourself.
Yeah, its confusing wording 1 error in 250,000 is allowed. 2 errors in 250,000 is NOT allowed. 2 in 250,000 is the .0008% that keeps being thrown around.
So when the error rate hits .0008% is it beyond the allowable error rate.
1 in 250,000 is within the acceptable error rate. That is .004%. 1 divided by 250000 = .000004 X 100 = .0004%
2 in 250,000 is .008%, which, as I'm rereading this thing, might be the upward limit of acceptable. So 2 in 250k is ok, but any more than that is unacceptable.
Why does everyone suddenly believe that 1/250,000 equals 0.0008% just because everyone else is saying it? It doesn't. Grab a calculator or pen and check for yourself.
Yeah, its confusing wording 1 error in 250,000 is allowed. 2 errors in 250,000 is NOT allowed. 2 in 250,000 is the .0008% that keeps being thrown around.
So when the error rate hits .0008% is it beyond the allowable error rate.
no, when it hits 1 in 249.999 it's beyond allowable error rate
1 in 250,000 is within the acceptable error rate. That is .004%. 1 divided by 250000 = .000004 X 100 = .0004%
2 in 250,000 is .008%, which, as I'm rereading this thing, might be the upward limit of acceptable. So 2 in 250k is ok, but any more than that is unacceptable.
In either case. A very small number.
when you have 1 in 249.999 you're already over the limit.
Correct, it is actually 0.0004% ((1/250,000)*100)