They can't both be the best.
Imagine you take the 'quality' of both characters and add them together. That's the entirely of the quality involved in this exercise, so its 100%.
Now for one to be 'better' they must have more quality then the other. So this is about which one has a larger portion of that 100%.
So if Barry were to win he would need 51%, and Wally would have 49%. (I'm removing decimal places for the sake of conveyance, they make no difference here.)
If Wally were to win, he would need 51%, and Barry would have 49%.
Basically one must have more then the other to he considered the best.
Lets say we run this test enough times to get all possible outcomes.
Barry is equal to or greater then 51%. He's better.
Wally is equal to or greater then 51%. He's better.
Both Wally and Barry are equal to 50%. Neither is better.
So one can be better then the other. Or neither can be better.
But they can't both be better.
Could be less than 51%, just needs to be more than 50% (and vice-versa).
Log in to comment