Understanding Pollution Levels
Published on Sunday, February 27, 2022 By
I have been playing around with Pollution and I am having a hard time understanding the math. Can someone please explain how the math works? I have included a screen snapshot below for one of my planets showing the detailed information for Pollution. I would guess that you would sum the percentages below the Base Pollution line, then apply that percentage to the Base Pollution number, but that would yield a net Pollution number of 6.16% ((1.0 - .5 + .16 + .1 - .2) * 11). If I apply the increases first, then apply the decreases I get 4.158% (((1.0 + .16 + .1) * 11) * (1.0 - .5 - .2)). If I apply the decreases first, then apply the increases I also get 4.148% (due to the associative property of multiplication).
Where am I going wrong?
