[allkpop] Mathematicians allegedly discover similar patterns in vote results from finale of 'Produce 48' as 'Produce X 101'

[perspherspley]

According to 'KBS News' on August 30, Mnet's 'Produce 48' - the third season of the 'Produce' series which created IZ*ONE - is also under suspicions of vote rigging.

After receiving various tips regarding 'Produce 48's vote rigging suspicions, 'KBS News' teamed up with college mathematics professors in order to analyze the voting results from the season finale episode of 'Produce 48'.

Mathematicians allegedly noticed a very similar pattern in the vote results from the finale of 'Produce 48' as the results currently under police investigation from the recently ended 'Produce X 101' - in the form of "vote percentages", which did not divide up evenly when taking into account the total vote count of 4,452,177 votes. Instead, mathematicians pointed out that when they calculated the vote percentages of each of the top 20 contestants, all of the percentages showed decimal numbers which easily rounded up or down to "0" in the 5th decimal - a highly unlikely probability.

Furthermore, mathematicians calculated that Mnet "obtained" the total vote counts of each of the top 20 contestants with an equation where they took the individual percentages up to the 2nd decimal number as shown below, and multiplied it by the total vote count of 4,452,177 - the same pattern seen in the final episode of 'Produce X 101'.

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[UMJI MOODS]

MNet. The M stands for messy and not math geniuses.

 

[perspherspley]

MNet. The M stands for messy and not math geniuses.

MNET had the chance to hire professional riggers/manipulators, but they choose not to, they are complacent that Koreans would not notice the rigging.

 

[Whisky23]

I wonder what the contestants who just missed the cut must be feeling right now. Likewise the finalists who were shocked about actually making the final cut. I'd love to be the fly on the wall as PR and management at Mnet/CJE&M try to contain the fallout of this mess.

 

[_universo]

this is old news tho

 

[Pandaa]

mnet staff

 

[emily]

netizens calculated this months ago i'm

 

[MicrowavedTea]

Soon president, president's mom, King Sejong... will all involve in/speak about this

 

[DR. K💉M 👄]

Drop the survival shows and start an idol math show

 

[pinkpanda_spirit]

Drop the survival shows and start an idol math show

you can watch problematic men. sometimes idols guest on this show. (it's a tvn show)

 

[Loonathehoe]

this is old news tho

 

[fullofjoy]

I wonder if these 'mathematicians' actually do well in school or they just have the talent for kpop....