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Because it is likely, but not guaranteed. They sum the scores, not the ranks, right? --13:12, 14 July 2006 (EDT) | Because it is likely, but not guaranteed. They sum the scores, not the ranks, right? --13:12, 14 July 2006 (EDT) | ||
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| + | I thought that they actually summed the ranks, and that explained the oddity of their presentation of the overall results (with everyone tied given the average of their ranks). The [http://math.scu.edu/putnam/rulescJan.html Putnam website] says "A college or university with at least three registered entrants obtains a team rank through ''the positions achieved'' by three designated individual contestants." --[[User:JBL|JBL]] 13:25, 14 July 2006 (EDT) | ||
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Why did you insert the word "likely" into the Putnam page: "a school whose team members placed 1st, 2nd and 20th would likely place lower than a school whose team members placed 6th, 7th and 8th"? --JBL 11:06, 14 July 2006 (EDT)
Because it is likely, but not guaranteed. They sum the scores, not the ranks, right? --13:12, 14 July 2006 (EDT)
I thought that they actually summed the ranks, and that explained the oddity of their presentation of the overall results (with everyone tied given the average of their ranks). The Putnam website says "A college or university with at least three registered entrants obtains a team rank through the positions achieved by three designated individual contestants." --JBL 13:25, 14 July 2006 (EDT)
