Arguing Averages

Quote: gutterfax "..almost as much as trying to shoe-horn 134,000 + into Wembley?
A, 460/26......the way I would think is right.
B, 570/28.....not one I would particularly go for as it doesn't give a true indicator of how many stayed but those people bought tickets for TWO games so whether or not they stayed in their seats they did buy a ticket that included Australia vs Fiji so can be counted as such in ticket sales for that match too.

C, 460/28.....the option only a stupid or desperate person would take.

To claim 67,545 just once is wrong. If that many people watched Eng/NZ then what you're claiming is that zero people watched the 2nd match. And whilst some did leave it was still a clear 5 figure crowd for Aus/Fiji. So even going on a number as conservatively low as 15,000 for the second game, you'd have to add that to the 67,545 for England/NZ and the number of people who WATCHED both semi finals games would be over 80,000 at least. However it's impossible (despite William's lame a$$ attempts with pictures) to prove exactly how many people watched each game, especially as the crowd decreased as the 2nd contest became more of a hammering, do we only count people who stayed for at least 48 minutes? Or 60? Or only those who stay until the final hooter goes? That why I say the 460/26 is the correct call.

And yes regarding the pictures, loving how he waited until the end of a one sided battering after a devastating lost for the home team previously to show us the "true" figure. Also how he sat through a tv replay of the match and couldn't bring himself to pause it in the 42nd minute or the 45th minute as they must not have been empty looking enough lol. If for arguments sake all 67,000+ stayed for the 2nd game up until halftime but then the majority left leaving only 10,000/15,000 does this mean that 67,000+ didn't watch the match because they only saw 40 minutes of it?

A Liverpool fan once left the 2005 Champions League final at halftime when they were 3-0 down, does this mean he never attended the final because he didn't stick around? If you buy a meal but don't finish it does this mean you never bought it? If you go to the cinema but leave before the end does this mean you never bought a ticket? If people bought a ticket for 2 semi finals but didn't watch all/any of the 2nd game does this not mean they bought a ticket to watch both games?