I was looking at the income for Earth and trying to figure-out the math. Can someone explain how the income shown below is only 15.42?
I would expect to add the Wealth Input (3.98), the Global Difficulty Modifier (1.0), and the Central Bank (14.0) together for a total of 19. I would then expect to multiply that by the sum of the percentage adjustments (40% + 180% + 5% = 225%) to get 42.75. I would then expect to subtract taxes (25%) to get income of 32 not 15.42. Where did I go wrong?
Well to begin with taxes being 25% is not what is subtracted.
[quote quoting="post"]I was looking at the income for Earth and trying to figure-out the math. Can someone explain how the income shown below is only 15.42?I would expect to add the Wealth Input (3.98), the Global Difficulty Modifier (1.0), and the Central Bank (14.0) together for a total of 19. I would then expect to multiply that by the sum of the percentage adjustments (40% + 180% + 5% = 225%) to get 42.75. I would then expect to subtract taxes (25%) to get income of 32 not 15.42. Where did I go wrong? [/quote
Income = Taxes*Gross Income
15.42 = 0.25*61.70
Gross Income = (Wealth Input + Global Difficulty Modifier + Central Bank)*(1 + Economic Relic + Economic Starbase + Financial District)
61.70 = (1+3.98+14)*(0.4+0.05+1.8 + 1)
61.70 = 18.98*3.25
Thank you for the explanation!
I was missing the 1 added to the multiplier and, more importantly, I was missing the fact that I was the one RECEIVING the taxes, not the one PAYING the taxes. I have been paying taxes for so long it never occurred to me that I would be the one collecting taxes.
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