How does alcohol work?

vonhelmet said:
Why? He's right, though he's worded it incorrectly, as it's not 40% of what he's drunk, but 40% of a pint. Unless you were mocking him because it was such a struggle to reach such an obvious conclusion.

8*5%=0.4pt alcohol
1*40%=0.4pt alcohol

One way or another, though, lots of people in this thread suck at maths.
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So this comment on my previous post is 100% true? (Mathematically speaking)

*So if I have 8 pints of lager and 8 pints of vodka with a mixer (1 eighth of vodka in each) and drunk them at them same rate I would be affected in the same way from both?*

EDIT: Oh and thank you for backing me up, after reading it back I had realised that I had worded it wrong but it had alreaady been slated so I just left it.
 
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Redman said:
Correct them then, with content. Or just use pre-school insults.
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They seem to have managed by themselves, eventually. It's quite simple really:

Vodka is 40% alcohol by volume. There is 25ml in a shot of vodka
0.40 x 25ml = 10ml alcohol

Beer, we'll say, is 4.5% alcohol by volume. 1 pint = 568ml.
0.045 x 568 = 25.56ml alcohol

So a pint of strong beer contains the same amount of alcohol as two and a half shots of vodka.
 
Dan Dan said:
So 8 pints of 5% alcohol does equal 1 pint of 40% vodka? Because 40% of what I have drunk (if I drink either of them) is alcohol.
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vonhelmet said:
Why? He's right, though he's worded it incorrectly, as it's not 40% of what he's drunk, but 40% of a pint. Unless you were mocking him because it was such a struggle to reach such an obvious conclusion.

8*5%=0.4pt alcohol
1*40%=0.4pt alcohol

One way or another, though, lots of people in this thread suck at maths.
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He's worded it incorrectly, so that it's entirely wrong. He's got the 8 pints of 5% = 1 pint of 40%, that's fine. You can't just place your own explanation for what he could have meant by the latter bit. 40% of 8 pints of 5% beer is 3.2 pints of 5% beer, not 40% of a pint of 100% alcohol.
 
Disco Boy said:
They seem to have managed by themselves, eventually. It's quite simple really:

Vodka is 40% alcohol by volume. There is 25ml in a shot of vodka
0.40 x 25ml = 10ml alcohol

Beer, we'll say, is 4.5% alcohol by volume. 1 pint = 568ml.
0.045 x 568 = 25.56ml alcohol

So a pint of strong beer contains the same amount of alcohol as two and a half shots of vodka.
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You see, it's not that hard to actually have content to your posts rather than purile poking is it?

Many shots these days are 35 ml by the way, I generally go by 2 shots = 1 strong pint, and you cant go far wrong. I do however agree it's amazing how few people understand percentage by volume, despite the description ;)
 
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