Talk:Wonder Challenge/@comment-71.215.95.98-20120820110026

hi, i am extremely confused as to what equations were used to get some of the numerical answers in the trivia. for example, it is obvious just looking at the numbers, that the ancient pillar gives the most gold per hour, but i have absolutely no idea how paula1978 came to the answer that it makes 145.8 gold per hour. however, this number does not make any sense (at least to me): if the entire object itself makes 275 gold/6 hr, then there is no way it would make 145.8 gold per hour - if that were the case, it would make ~875 gold/6 hr instead of 275 gold/6 hr. if you divide 275 by 6 you get a result of 45.8. is there any chance that a (1) was added to the front of the number by mistake? if not, and i am clearly misinterpretting things, could someone please explain? i also find a similar issue with the 2nd bullet point - the aquaduct yields 46.875 gold/hr (375/8 = 46.875). furthermore, if you consider just per square, the aquaduct is 3x3, so this gives an hourly rate of 5.2 gold/square/hr (46.875/9 = 5.2) and not 0.05 as listed. this same number can be reached using the TDS equation on the economy page [i.e. TDS = (24h/ 8h) x 375/3x3 = 24/8*375/9 = 125...which is per day, divide this number by 24 (# of hours in a day) and you also get 5.2 gold/square/hr. the rate of return investment is 18.67 days with perfect collecting. can someone please explain to me what i'm doing wrong, to get answers vastly different from the ones posted in the trivia? and if i am not wrong, please let me know, and i will edit the trivia. p.s. i am not trying to call anyone out, or get mad at anyone, or get the original poster mad, im just honestly losing MY mind trying to figure out what equations were used, becuase i cant reproduce the same numbers myself! :(