Suppose two persons independently evaluate the same exam. The first reports $$A$$ mistakes, the second reports $$B$$ mistakes, and $$C$$ mistakes are reported by both. How can you estimate how many errors remain undiscovered?
Let $$M$$ be the total number of mistakes in the exam. Then the number of mistakes that are undiscovered by the two persons is $$M - (A + B - C)$$. Let $$p$$ and $$q$$ be the probabilities that the first and second person, respectively, notice any given mistake. Then $$A \approx pM$$ and $$B \approx qM$$. And because they work independently, the chance that they both find a given mistake is $$C \approx pqM$$.
But now \[M = \frac{pM \times qM}{pqM} \approx \frac{AB}{C}\] and the number of mistakes that remain unnoticed is just \[M - (A + B - C) \approx \frac{AB}{C} - (A + B - C) = \frac{(A - C)(B - C)}{C}\,.\] This means that as long as the persons work independently, you can estimate the number of errors they've overlooked without even knowing how skillful they are. If they find a large number of mistakes in common but relatively few independently, then the exam is probably evaluated in a relatively correct way. But if they generate large independent lists of errors with few in common, there are probably many mistakes remaining to be found (which matches our intuition).
Three positive integers, each on a separate line, that indicate respectively the number of mistakes found by the first person, the number of mistakes found by the second person and the number of mistakes that are found by both.
The sentence
There are d.dd undiscovered errors.
where the fragment in italic has to be filled up with an estimate of the number of errors that remained undiscovered by both persons. This value must be represented as a floating point number with two decimal digits. Rounding must be used to determine the digits of the floating point number.
Input:
17
21
15
Output:
There are 0.80 undiscovered errors.
There have always been bad students. Here's what kids were writing on English exams 150 years ago:
word | definition given by student |
---|---|
ABORIGINES | a system of mountains |
ALIAS | a good man in the Bible |
AMENABLE | anything that is mean |
AMMONIA | the food of the gods |
ASSIDUITY | state of being an acid |
AURIFEROUS | pertaining to an orifice |
CAPILLARY | a little caterpillar |
CORNIFEROUS | rocks in which fossil corn is found |
DEMAGOUE | a vessel containing beer and other liquids |
EMOLUMENT | a headstone to a grave |
EQUESTRIAN | one who asks questions |
EUCHARIST | one who plays euchre |
FRANCHISE | anything belonging to the French |
IDOLATER | a very idle person |
IPECAC | a man who likes a good dinner |
IRRIGATE | to make fun of |
MENDACIOUS | what can be mended |
MERCENARY | one who feels for another |
PARASITE | a kind of umbrella |
PARASITE | the murder of an infant |
PLAGIARIST | a writer of plays |
PUBLICAN | a man who does his prayers in public |
REPUBLICAN | a sinner mentioned in the Bible |
TENACIOUS | ten acres of land |
— From Mark Twain, "English as She Is Taught: Being Genuine Answers to Examination Questions in Our Public Schools", 1887. 2