[TheSaxRunner05]

Originally Posted by reuben_tate

Got the equation (5n+1)/(n+1)

Plugging 2 into this equation gives 11/3 or 3.666....

Is there an error in what Scintill showed earlier to show an answer of exactly 3.8?

Originally Posted by SKG_Scintill

that doesn't work

using 1 to 5, doing it twice before taking highest

[num1, num2]: highestnum
1,1: 1	2,1: 2	3,1: 3	4,1: 4	5,1: 5
1,2: 2	2,2: 2	3,2: 3	4,2: 4	5,2: 5
1,3: 3	2,3: 3	3,3: 3	4,3: 4	5,3: 5
1,4: 4	2,4: 4	3,4: 4	4,4: 4	5,4: 5
1,5: 5	2,5: 5	3,5: 5	4,5: 5	5,5: 5

[amount of combinations]
5^2 = 25

[number's amount of occurrences]
1: 1
2: 3
3: 5
4: 7
5: 9

[weight of numbers]
1: 1 * 1 = 1
2: 3 * 2 = 6
3: 5 * 3 = 15
4: 7 * 4 = 28
5: 9 * 5 = 45

[sum of weights]
1 + 6 + 15 + 28 + 45 = 95

[average] = [sum of weights] / [amount of combinations]

average: 95 / 25 = 3.8

using your formula:
0.5^(1/2)*4+1 = 3.8284~~~