Verizon Can't Do Math

[Tashtego]

I was refering to this line from Lou's post :

".002 of $1.00 is the exact same as .002 cents."

[monk]

If it is said "0.002 dollars" then it means 002 cents

If it is said "0.002 cents" then it means 0002 cents

notice the 0. <---- before the number

If the price is "1.50 dollars" then you pay one dollar and 50 cents

If the price is "0.50 dollars" then you pay 50 cents

If the price is "50 cents" then you pay 50 cents

If the price is "0.50 cents" then you pay 05 cents

or with the "."s like in US

If the price is "1.50 dollars" then you pay one dollar and .50 cents

If the price is "0.50 dollars" then you pay .50 cents

If the price is ".50 cents" then you pay .50 cents

If the price is "0.50 cents" then you pay .05 cents

How would you write the price "1 dollar and 50 cents" (in your assumed "US meaning of the '.'), i.e. ONE coin with the value "dollar" and FIFTY coins with the value "cents", a total of 51 coins. ??

[Sinistas]

$1.50.

[quakana]

I really think think someone should post a racist slur so this thread get deleted

[Tashtego]

I'm just glad there is something it is ok to argue about.

[monk]

$1.50.

So, $1.50 is not the same as 1.50 dollars? If not, I can somehow understand the confusion =). What is then $1.05 ?

[SouthPlatteDemon]

So, $1.50 is not the same as 1.50 dollars? If not, I can somehow understand the confusion =). What is then $1.05 ?

ten and a half dimes.

[toejam]

What is then $1.05 ?

One dollar and five cents.

[HoWheels]

What is then $1.05 ?

6 cents over Ron's budget :ROTF:

-a

[npacheco]

HOLY $H!T is this a frustrating thread to read...

I agree...

Let's review, .002 dollars equals .002 cents.?!?! By this reasoning .02 dollars equals .02 cents and therefore .2 dollars equals .2 cents, which in turn means 2 dollars equals 2 cents?!?!

Can I buy a guitar in the classifieds using this logic?

Or is this one of those weird mathematical properties and .002 anything equals .002 something else?

WOW, just WOW! Once again,

[quakana]

npacheco I feel your pain....

bottom line .002 dollars does not equal .002 cents
who cares about all the other math on this thread

[LouSiffer]

Okay, we are going to start from scratch and try this again.

The call was made and the question was: " Is the data rate .002 *OF* a dollar or .002 cents per KB?"

.002 *OF* a dollar and .002 cents are the exact same amount. You possibly cannot argue the math: $1.00 X .002= .002 cents. That is less than a penny. It is 2/10ths of a penny to be exact. $.002 is also 2/10ths of a penny


To get the figures you guys are coming up with, this question would have to been asked: " Is the data rate .002 *OF* a dollar or .002 *OF* a cent?"

The *OF* makes a big difference. I never heard him say " .002*OF* a cent." If he did , my mistake, but, if he did not, his math is off by a couple decimal points.

Does that clear it up?

.002 *OF* a cent would look like this in dollar amount= $.00002 -Lou

[monk]

Okay, we are going to start from scratch and try this again.

The call was made and the question was: " Is the data rate .002 *OF* a dollar or .002 cents per KB?"

.002 *OF* a dollar and .002 cents are the exact same amount. You possibly cannot argue the math: $1.00 X .002= .002 cents. That is less than a penny. It is 2/10ths of a penny to be exact. $.002 is also 2/10ths of a penny


To get the figures you guys are coming up with, this question would have to been asked: " Is the data rate .002 *OF* a dollar or .002 *OF* a cent?"

The *OF* makes a big difference. I never heard him say " .002*OF* a cent." If he did , my mistake, but, if he did not, his math is off by a couple decimal points.

Does that clear it up?

.002 *OF* a cent would look like this in dollar amount= $.00002 -Lou

$1.00 X .002= .002 cents

$1.00 can not in my wildest imagination be anything but 1 dollar.

Lets assume that the SI unit of money is Dollar. It goes 100 cents in one dollar, so 1 cent is equal to 10^-2 Dollar, right?

Now, 1 dollar x 0.002 is nothing but 0.002 dollar (since 0.002 has no dimension). Insert this into your expression and you get 0.002 dollar = 0.002 cent = 0.002 * 10^-2 dollar = 0.00002 dollar

Did I just prove that 0.002 dollar = 0.00002 dollar, or that 0.002 = 0.00002 ?

[HoWheels]

.002 *OF* a dollar and .002 cents are the exact same amount. You possibly cannot argue the math: $1.00 X .002= .002 cents. That is less than a penny. It is 2/10ths of a penny to be exact. $.002 is also 2/10ths of a penny

Please tell me that you're not serious.

$1.00 x 0.002 = $0.002
$0.002 is 0.2 CENTS NOT 0.002 CENTS
The difference between 0.2 cents and 0.002 cents is 100-fold.

Please save yourself farther pain and suffering and google up "unit conversion." And I don't mean for your sake. Honestly, it hurts me to read this!

-a

[LouSiffer]

Sorry Wheels, you answered my point for me, but, you don't realize what you did.

$.002 is EXACTLY 0.2 of a penny or translated, it is 2/10ths of a penny. The number "2" is in the "tenths" column. So therefore, the penny is the WHOLE number.

Now if you had 1.2 pennies, you would have a WHOLE penny and 2/10ths of another. 1.2 pennies would translate to $.012.

I am honestly to the point that you arguing just for fun as there is no way you could not understand this.-Lou

PS...why did you delete your post before I could paste it??