09-27-2008, 06:01 AM
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Beam Me Up Scottie
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Squantum (part of Quincy),
MA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1049 Titanium w/black stripes, 351W with Trick Flow Heads, Tremec 3550
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mdmull
Another victim of the american education system/ 85 billion divided among 200 million is only $425.00 Have fun paying off the mortgage.
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Hear it from the author ....
You know the old saying, "You do the math."
Well in my little experiment today, I wanted to see how many people really do do the math. So I sent the message below to 100 of my pals at random. I wanted to see how many folks would catch my intentional three-digit error...just three little zeros.
So far only 2 people have actually done the math and let me know about it.
Congratulations Rick Steinberg and Derrick Phillips! They got it right. When you divide 200,000,000 people into $85 Billion you get $425.00 NOT $425,000.00. It would take $85 Trillion to get the $425,000 number.
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'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
Last edited by wtm442; 09-27-2008 at 06:04 AM..
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