Trying to find name of operation

From: John Wheeler (jwheeler1_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/03/04 

Date: 3 Nov 2004 14:14:52 -0800

Hello,

Here is probably a stupid question

What is it called when you

1. take an arbitrary set of floating point numbers
2. calculates their sum.
3. assigns a percentage to each one

for example:
{ 2.4, 3.6, 4.0 } = 10
2.4 = 24%
3.6 = 36%
4.0 = 40%

is this called weighing?

TIA,
JOHN

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