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Why do they still use the 9/10 cent on gas prices?
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:13:21 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:23:38 -0500, wrote:
Besides that, since a penny can not be broken down
any smaller than one cent, we always pay a fraction of a cent more than
the gas pump reads to compensate for that 9/10 of a penny anyhow.
Ah, no, you don't. Next time you fill up, do the math.
Yup, when I put $50 in my tank, I pay $50, not $50.001.
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