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Re: paper: FRC Participation

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Originally Posted by hawktomatoes View Post
Although, I was expecting the "teams who have ever existed that still exist today" number to be a little bit higher
I had the same reaction the first time I ever looked at these types of numbers a few years ago. ( http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...25&postcount=3 ) We instinctively see low yearly attrition rates and mistakenly forget how these rates compound over time. Similar to the first time you study radioactive decay of isotopes.
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