A year ago, the NYTimes asked who needs algebra’? Turns out….they do. Michael Cieply, reporting for the NYT: “The Interview” generated roughly $15 million in online sales and rentals during its first four days of availability, Sony Pictures said on Sunday. Sony did not say how much of that total represented $6 digital rentals versus $15 sales. The studio said there were about two million transactions over all. This, from a newspaper that two years ago ran an Op-Ed headlined “Is Algebra Necessary?” (nytimes/2012/07/29/opinion/sunday/is-algebra-necessary.html?pagewanted=all) Apparently, algebra is necessary for New York Times reporters and editors, because if they had a basic grasp of it, they’d understand that Sony revealed the exact split between $6 rentals and $15 sales: 1.67 million rentals ($10 million), 0.33 million sales ($5 million). (wolframalpha/input/?i=6x+%2B+15%282000000-x%29+%3D+15000000) Credit to Dan Meyer for making this connection. (https://twitter/ddmeyer/status/549965027948507136) #algebra #NewYorkTimes #SonyPictures #TheInterview
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:13:18 +0000
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