Mark44 said:
What do you mean "replicate the result of the calculation?" You are not calculating anything - you are making duplicate (presumably counterfeit) copies of tickets.
Thank you for that unnecessary assumption. I'm offended and disgusted by your accusation that I would conduct such an activity.
Mark44 said:
It would help if you stated what you're trying to do more clearly.
Perhaps I re-write it this way, it might be of more clarity:
x * 14 * 2 * 2, where x is the number of tickets I have, and 14 is the number of draws it is entered into. The last two 2’s are there for convenience, and merely duplicate the result.
A number is drawn in 14 draws, and that number is the same each draw. For those 14 draws, I have tickets that match that number.
If I replace x by 14, and NOT create 14 more tickets (rather have them linked to 14 subsequent draws), 14 * 14 = 196 matching.
If I multiply this by 2 (remembering that there aren’t physically 196 tickets) I obtain 392.
If I want to now duplicate the original 14 tickets, and when I obtain 392 when multiplying 196 by 2 would the equivalent calculation x * 14 * 2 (14 * 14 *2) be 14 * 14 = 196 physical tickets, each entered into all 14 draws (as I’m duplicating 14 tickets another 14 times (as indicated by the difference between 396 minus 196 = 196, which is 14 * 14) that are entered in each 14 draws)?
Or if you think of it as having 1 ticket in each 14 draws = 14 overall tickets, each one entered into each 14 draws (14 matching tickets in each draw), and subsequently multiply that 1 ticket in each draw 14 times, makes those 14 replicates of the original 14 entered into 14 draws, thus 14 * 14 = 196.
Therefore x * 14 * 2 * 2 becomes 196 * 14 (the number of draws) * 2 * 2 = 10976
