[Csci1301] Re: your mail

[John Howland]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Blaha, Amy wrote:

> Dr. Howland,
>      I know I already talked to you about this, but I am still very confused about how to calculate the final times for lab 5.  I know you said the time could be calculated by finding the reciprocal, but I can't understand how this works.  I have finished the lab to the best of my ability, but I am not certain 

Amy,

The relationship between time-periods (p) and frequency (f) is that f = 1%p .  Solving
this equation for p gives p = 1%f .  So if you measure the time (call it p) it takes to perform
1 operation (what ever it is) in seconds, then the frequency of that operation
(in units of operations per second) is 1 % p .  This is what is meant by taking
the reciprocal of the time period.

> that I quite understood it all.  Could you please point me in the right direction?  Thank you.
>                                                                                            Amy Blaha  
> 

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