Those Darn Student #s Again

[plinsenmayer]

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No: HPFGUIDX C7113
From: plinsenmayer
Subject: Those Darn Student #s Again
Date: 8/17/00 6:52 pm  (ET)

Hi:

One of us should just call JKR & put an end to this debate (and/or I
should quit jumping in & stirring things up again!). Nick, you wanna
pull strings & call her? <g>

Steve wrote: <<<My way of thinking is this: there are five Gryffindor
boys in Harry's year, and if we assume there are an equal number of girls,
that makes 10 Gryffindors total, and if we assume there are equal numbers
in each house, that makes 40 per year. The question is, can we make the
assumption that class is equally divided
in this way?>>>

The flaw in your theory is that there are only 3 Gryffindor girls in
Harry's year: Hermione, Lavender & Parvarti. That's why I think there
are imprecise numbers of students sorted into the various Houses each
year. I suspect based on the 20 broomsticks, 20 cauldrons, 20 pairs
of earmuffs, that in general, there are a total of 20 students in any
one year in any combo of 2 Houses. But, it's not equal. There may be
12 Gryffindors one year and 7 Gryffindors the next year. I stand by a
range of 7-12 students in any one House in any given year.

I really should just drop this. Sorry. At least I'm putting subject
headings in though - <g>

Penny