Quote from: LoyceV on October 01, 2018, 06:51:38 PM

Quote from: r1s2g3 on September 20, 2018, 05:11:34 AM

Quote from: LoyceMobile on September 20, 2018, 04:57:37 AM

All these calculations to come up with 46088 instead of 46090?

I did manual calculation for 50 sMerits and I come to result of 98. So I am not doubting the mathematics and my formula.

My point is: just double the total amount of sMerit, and you're (almost) at the right number. You end up 2 sMerits lower. But it might just as well be send to users who already had 0.5 sMerit, meaning a few more sMerit becomes available.
Just doubling it makes the calculations much easier, and the rounding depends on various circumstances anyway.

I got your sentiments. For a big number "X", 2X-2 ,2X-1 and 2X all have approximately same values so you can continue with 2X for sake of simplicity.