On 01/23/2015 the price of gas was $2.19/gal.
On 02/25/2015 the price of gas was $3.03/gal.
Let's see, that's an $0.84/gal increase in 33 days.
$3.039/$2.199 = 1.38% increase
As the lyric from an old show tune goes, "nice work if you can get it, and you can get it if you try."
Lew
I think the % is a little more than 1.38, but then I am no mathematician. Maybe that is the new math. I get 38% increase, but again, I am an amateur.
--------------------------------------------------- "G. Ross" wrote:
------------------------------------------ DOH!
Let's try 138%
Thank you.
Lew
April 15 isn't far off. Better get some help with those taxes.
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:54ee8d85$0$29460$c3e8da3 $ snipped-for-privacy@news.astraweb.com:
[...]Better try again, Lew.
3.039 - 2.199 = 0.84 0.84 / 2.199 = 0.38G. Ross is right -- the increase is 38%.
Wrong again! A 138% increase, one hundred thirty eight percent increase would be about $6.67. A 100% increase would be double.
The correct formula is 2.199 + 38% = 3.034
On 01/23/2015 the price of gas was $2.19/gal. On 02/25/2015 the price of gas was $3.03/gal. On (02/26/15), the price of gas is now $3.13/gal On (02/27/15), the price of gas is now $3.19/gal On (02/28/15), the price of gas is now $3.25/gal
Let's see, that's an $1.06/gal increase in 36 days.
$3.259/$2.199 = 1.482 increase if you want a budget item
As the lyric from an old show tune goes, "nice work if you can get it, and you can get it if you try."
Lew
That's what Californication is all about. :-0
No, that is actually a 1.06 increase....as you first indicated in the sentence above the last. You are only talking dollars up to this point.
Now if you said a "1.482 "Percent"" increase, you would then be correct.
It is becoming much more easy to understand how the citizens are being sold all of this "stuff" the government is selling.
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