From St. John's to Vancouver (II)

Further to this post, these indirectly quoted words from spokeswoman set a body to thinking:

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams has indicated he will attend the Games, along with the province's tourism minister and officials. A spokeswoman for Williams's office said it has purchased 176 tickets to events at a cost of $54,380.

The Premier, that's one, and the Minister, that's two. Plus an un-named number of officials. Between them, they have 176 tickets which cost, on average, $308.98 each.

How many officials? It doesn't say. But we can make some educated speculation, assuming that everyone in the delegation will be using a ticket to at least one event. With just one official attending, that would be three tickets, with each delegate, the Premier who once railed against the Vancouver Olympics and his Minister included, attending nearly sixty events each.

At the other extreme, if everyone in the delegation uses just one of the $308.98 tickets, then there must be 176 of them — Premier, Minister, and 174 "officials".

Oh look! A pretty chart!