compute

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to calculate an answer or amount by using a machine:

Compute the ratio of the object's height to its weight.

to calculate something using mathematics or a calculator (= a device for doing mathematical processes)

to calculate something:

The government uses the household survey to compute the monthly unemployment rate.

The firm declined to discuss the deal or say how the $650,000 figure was computed.

Net asset value is computed at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

used to say that something does not have any meaning, or does not seem possible or correct:

It can't be done, it doesn't compute.

The situation was bothering me because something about it just didn't compute.