First:
For a:
## [1] 3.61714
For b:
## [1] 1.997611
For c:
## [1] 7.413
For a:
## [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For b:
## [1] 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
OR:
## [1] 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
For c:
## [1] 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
## x y
## 0.41905218 0.03187638
## [1] 0.4202628
## [1] 0.07592159
## [1] "sheep" "fox" "owl" "ant" "snake"
## [1] "fox" "owl" "ant" "snake"
## [1] "donkey" "fox" "owl" "ant" "snake"
## [1] "donkey" "fox" "owl" "ant"
## [1] "donkey" "fox" "ant"
## [1] "donkey" "fox" "aphid" "ant"
I do recognize that I can only do it this exact way because I know the ant is already last
## [1] 3