On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:44:06 GMT, in alt.home.repair,
(Doug Miller) wrote:

Nope, did it in my head. The calculation is trivial.

Apparently not.

Definitely better: I got the right answer.

No, you didn't. 9.73/0.27 36. 1/36 cannot be represented exactly in
decimal, nor sesquidecimal for that matter, which is (surprise) why I picked
it as a counterexample. You also rounded your answer incorrectly.