Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]
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Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]
well, they use the actually advertised value (x.xx9) times the decimal
fraction of gallons (xxx.xxx) and get the actual price (xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx)
then they use normal acceptable rounding rules on the hundredths place to
round it to cents. (5+ goes up, 4- goes down)
--kaus
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Kafasis <punkrock17@home.net>
To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: TI-H: Re: y2k[increasingly off topic]
>
> To get even farther off topic, does anyone know how gas stations manage
> to get away with charging x.xx and 9/10's of a cent? This seems like
> fairly false advertising to me, or at least a very odd practice. Do they
> round up, down, or just charge 1.22 a gallon when the sign reads 1.21
> 9/10? Anyone have a clue?
>
> -P
>
>
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