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by truth_sentinell 3468 days ago
Ok, so where's the part where you get that 2 from?
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Well 7/3 = 2 (more or less - the whole calculation is very approximate obviously). The basic idea is if you have 100 people (of a broad spectrum of ages) you'd expect about 1 of them to die each year.