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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 5,488 |
| Posted: | | | | My wife just phoned me and she needs an answer and I can't figure out how to get the answer..
Total cost of 'X' is $844.90 INCLUDING 6% tax..
how much was said item before tax..??
afvter 10 minutes of trying to guess the answer I figured I'd try here and see who is the smartest in the land ..
Help she's on hold almost at the office..
Terry | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 906 |
| Posted: | | | | 844.90 / 1.06 = 797.08 ![](/images/emoticons/smile.gif) | | | ![](http://dvd.caraid.net/phpdvdprofiler/ws.php?me=invelos) The colour of her eyes, were the colour of insanity |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 5,488 |
| Posted: | | | | Great thanks
I was trying to to subtract 94%...
LOL | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 5,488 |
| Posted: | | | | Its nice to know we can depend on others for things that are not DVD related.. Thanks Reybr ![](/images/emoticons/happy.gif) | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Posted: | | | | No problem ![](/images/emoticons/smile.gif) | | | ![](http://dvd.caraid.net/phpdvdprofiler/ws.php?me=invelos) The colour of her eyes, were the colour of insanity |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: ![Highest Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/4.png) | Posts: 5,916 |
| Posted: | | | | What's 1+1-1*0?
Out of dozens of people online I asked a couple years back, the vast majority said zero. That is wrong. The correct answer is 2. When they realize they forgot the Orders of Execution, they tended to face-palm. | | | Last edited: by Dr. Killpatient |
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![DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrant DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrant](/images/PUD.PNG) | Dan W | Registered: May 9, 2002 |
Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 980 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote: My wife just phoned me and she needs an answer and I can't figure out how to get the answer..
Total cost of 'X' is $844.90 INCLUDING 6% tax..
how much was said item before tax..??
afvter 10 minutes of trying to guess the answer I figured I'd try here and see who is the smartest in the land ..
Help she's on hold almost at the office..
Terry If the total cost is $844.90 including tax then your answer is $797.08 with a tax of $47.82 already having been added to give you the total of $844.90. If the total is 844.90 plus tax then your answer is $895.89 with a tax of 50.69 being added to the $844.90. | | | Dan |
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Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 5,459 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote: What's 1+1-1*0?
Out of dozens of people online I asked a couple years back, the vast majority said zero. That is wrong. The correct answer is 2. When they realize they forgot the Orders of Execution, they tended to face-palm. Try telling that to Blockbuster - when I went for a job interview there once, they gave me a math test, and one of them was something like: £3.50 - £1.29 x 2 Well I was told I'd got it wrong because they'd got the answer by subtracting 1.29 from 3.50, then doubling it! | | | Last edited: by northbloke |
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![DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrant DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrant](/images/PUD.PNG) | Dan W | Registered: May 9, 2002 |
Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 980 |
| Posted: | | | | Sorry for the above post. I misread the post left by reybr. | | | Dan |
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| Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote: What's 1+1-1*0?
Out of dozens of people online I asked a couple years back, the vast majority said zero. That is wrong. The correct answer is 2. When they realize they forgot the Orders of Execution, they tended to face-palm. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally is a mnemonic to remember the order of execution. Parentheses, exponent, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.........in that order. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: ![High Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/1.png) | Posts: 5,488 |
| Posted: | | | | My favorite math question from when I was a kid in the stone age., er scratch that, Rock&roll age., was the scenario: Three men want to rent a conference room for the afternoon at the Holiday INN, they are quoted $30.00.., So they each pay $10 bucks each and proceed to set up their charts and graphs.. few minutes later a knock on the door and the bellman is there apologising to say that the front desk made a mistake and the room is only $25.00.. Bellhop hands over 5 single ones., in which he receives a two dollar tip. First man hands back a buck each to the other two, and says" That's not bad,, Room only cost us $9 dollars each" , in which the other two men said "but that's $27.00 and the two dollar tip, What happened to the missing dollar???? ![](/images/emoticons/beam.gif) | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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Registered: May 10, 2007 | Posts: 418 |
| Posted: | | | | When I was in school wasn't good at math. My math teacher he said that's why they invented the calculator. ![](/images/emoticons/laugh.gif) |
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![DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrant DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrant](/images/PUD.PNG) | Dan W | Registered: May 9, 2002 |
Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 980 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote: My favorite math question from when I was a kid in the stone age., er scratch that, Rock&roll age., was the scenario:
Three men want to rent a conference room for the afternoon at the Holiday INN, they are quoted $30.00.., So they each pay $10 bucks each and proceed to set up their charts and graphs.. few minutes later a knock on the door and the bellman is there apologising to say that the front desk made a mistake and the room is only $25.00.. Bellhop hands over 5 single ones., in which he receives a two dollar tip. First man hands back a buck each to the other two, and says" That's not bad,, Room only cost us $9 dollars each" , in which the other two men said "but that's $27.00 and the two dollar tip, What happened to the missing dollar???? ![](/images/emoticons/beam.gif) They are adding the tip twice. There is no missing dollar. The charge was $25 and they gave the man a $2 tip which is $27. The $27 added to the three they kept make $30. | | | Dan | | | Last edited: by Dan W |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 181 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote: My favorite math question from when I was a kid in the stone age., er scratch that, Rock&roll age., was the scenario:
Three men want to rent a conference room for the afternoon at the Holiday INN, they are quoted $30.00.., So they each pay $10 bucks each and proceed to set up their charts and graphs.. few minutes later a knock on the door and the bellman is there apologising to say that the front desk made a mistake and the room is only $25.00.. Bellhop hands over 5 single ones., in which he receives a two dollar tip. First man hands back a buck each to the other two, and says" That's not bad,, Room only cost us $9 dollars each" , in which the other two men said "but that's $27.00 and the two dollar tip, What happened to the missing dollar???? ![](/images/emoticons/beam.gif) the room was 25 and they tipped him 2. making the total for the room 27. there is no missing dollar. |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: ![Highest Rating](/images/Ratings/Small/4.png) | Posts: 5,916 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting widescreenforever: Quote: What happened to the missing dollar???? My brain is in pain. Edit: I see it now. Trickery by reversal. | | | Last edited: by Dr. Killpatient |
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