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phattieg
join:2001-04-29
Winter Park, FL

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phattieg

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Wow, how hard is that to understand???

.002 dollars per kilobyte equals two tenths of a dollar, or $.20 (twenty cent) per kilobyte, instead of two tenths of a cent. That just sucks that the manager couldn't understand the issue or complaint. Correct me if I'm wrong, but thats what I get.

Denjin
join:2001-01-18
Schaumburg, IL

Denjin

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If a dollar is 100 cents, how is .002 dollars .20? I read it as 2/10 of a cent.
expert007
join:2006-01-10
Buffalo, NY

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right on.

TechyDad
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join:2001-07-13
USA

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If the rate was $0.002 per KB, then the manager should have quoted him two tenths of a cent per KB. Not, 0.002 cents per KB.
compton
join:2002-02-08
Brooklyn, NY

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said by Denjin:

If a dollar is 100 cents, how is .002 dollars .20? I read it as 2/10 of a cent.
You are just as bad as the manager. .002 dollars is equal to .20 cents.
compton

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said by compton:

said by Denjin:

If a dollar is 100 cents, how is .002 dollars .20? I read it as 2/10 of a cent.
You are just as bad as the manager. .002 dollars is equal to .20 cents.
I re-read your post and realized you were stating that .002 dollars = 2/10 of a cent, or .20 cent.

karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
Moscow, ID

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No. .002 dollars = 2 cents, it's NOT 2/10th of a cent, and it's NOT 20 cents. It's 2 cents
VariableARK
join:2003-03-17
USA

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wow, alot of bad math, verizon isnt the only one...

$.01 = 1 cent
$.002 = .2 cents
Tikker_LoS
join:2004-04-29
Regina, SK

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said by karlmarx:

No. .002 dollars = 2 cents, it's NOT 2/10th of a cent, and it's NOT 20 cents. It's 2 cents
erm

$.02 is 2 cents
$.002 is .2 cents

manfmmd
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join:2003-01-14
Earth, TX

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Actually...

At $.002 (two thousandths of a dollar) you would need 100 units to equal $.20, 2/10 of a dollar, or 20 cents.

At .002 cents (two thousandths of a cent) you would need 10,000 units to equal $.20, 2/10 of a dollar, or 20 cents. (or 50,000 to equal 100 cents or 1.00 dollar)

.2 = 2 tenths
.02 = 2 hundredths
.002 = 2 thousandths

Be careful not to mix up your units of measure when calculating.

graycorgi
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Remove the dollar sign before the .20 and change the "two tenths of a dollar" to "two tenths of a cent" and the statement becomes true.

.002 dollars is just that, .002 dollars.

.002 dollars is 00.2 cents (the decimal moves two places because a cent is 100th of a dollar.)

$0.0002 = .02¢
$0.002 = .2¢
$0.02 = 2¢
$0.20 = 20¢
$2.00 = 200¢

$ = dollar
¢ = cent

Let's use the right symbols.

Johnny34
Fed Up. Bye.
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join:2001-06-27
Atlanta, GA

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but thats what I get.
LOL. You're wrong.

DrewCapu
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California

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By far, this is the funniest set of replies I've ever seen to a news article here.

phattieg
join:2001-04-29
Winter Park, FL

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said by manfmmd:

Actually...

At $.002 (two thousandths of a dollar) you would need 100 units to equal $.20, 2/10 of a dollar, or 20 cents.

At .002 cents (two thousandths of a cent) you would need 10,000 units to equal $.20, 2/10 of a dollar, or 20 cents. (or 50,000 to equal 100 cents or 1.00 dollar)

.2 = 2 tenths
.02 = 2 hundredths
.002 = 2 thousandths

Be careful not to mix up your units of measure when calculating.
I am glad you went depth with it, because when the first "!YOU'RE WRONG!" post came in, I thought "Dude, welcome to 5th and 6th grade, take a seat, lets learn."

dadkins
Can you do Blu?
MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA

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OMG! I am SO glad SOMEONE realized it was thousandths!

Shamayim
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said by Tikker_LoS:
said by karlmarx:

No. .002 dollars = 2 cents, it's NOT 2/10th of a cent, and it's NOT 20 cents. It's 2 cents
erm

$.02 is 2 cents
$.002 is .2 cents
It's not 'erm,' it's "um."

ninjatutle
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San Ramon, CA

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Good Grief!

manfmmd
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said by ninjatutle:
said by graycorgi:

$0.0002 = .02¢
$0.002 = .2¢
$0.02 = 2¢
$0.20 = 20¢
$2.00 = 200¢

$0.0002 = .01¢
$0.002 = .01¢
$0.02 = 2¢
$0.20 = 20¢
$2.00 = 200¢

In psychical currency, you can't give someone $.0002 so you have to round it up and give them a penny.

How do you get 2 cents from $.0002 or $.002?
You are right in physical currency.

He didn't. He got .2¢ "point two cents" or "2 tenths of 1.0¢" Around and around we go...

n1zuk
making really tiny tech things
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Malta

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OK everyone...

Now lets convert it from US Dollars to Canadian Dollars...

ninjatutle
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yep, I see my mistake now
AJICQ499087
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Seem like lot of people in this Forum don't even know how to do simple math.

ninjatutle
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Growing up, we didnt have broadband and laptops for each person in grade school. Thats the reason

N3OGH
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said by VariableARK:

wow, alot of bad math, verizon isnt the only one...

$.01 = 1 cent
$.002 = .2 cents
A lot of bad grammar, too.

"alot" is not a word!

Sorry, my pet peeve....

DrewCapu
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said by AJICQ499087:

Seem like lot of people in this Forum don't even know how to do simple math.
We're more used to converting things like inches to feet to yards. All this moving decimal stuff, apparently, is very confusing.

RobinK
join:2004-04-16
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I'm almost devastated at how many people can't figure this out.

0.002 cents = 0.00002 dollars
0.002 dollars = 0.2 cents

joako
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said by karlmarx:

No. .002 dollars = 2 cents, it's NOT 2/10th of a cent, and it's NOT 20 cents. It's 2 cents
1.000 dollars = 100 cents
0.100 dollars = 10 cents
0.010 dollars = 1 cent
0.001 dollars = .1 cent

2.000 dollars = 200 cents
0.200 dollars = 20 cents
0.020 dollars = 2 cents
0.002 dollars = .2 cents
matrix3D
join:2006-09-27
Middletown, CT

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Wow. I'm speechless.

manfmmd
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said by DrewCapu:
said by AJICQ499087:

Seem like lot of people in this Forum don't even know how to do simple math.
We're more used to converting things like inches to feet to yards. All this moving decimal stuff, apparently, is very confusing.
There goes my hope for the US to one day convert to the metric system!?!
Warez_Zealot
join:2006-04-19
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said by manfmmd:

said by DrewCapu:
said by AJICQ499087:

Seem like lot of people in this Forum don't even know how to do simple math.
We're more used to converting things like inches to feet to yards. All this moving decimal stuff, apparently, is very confusing.
There goes my hope for the US to one day convert to the metric system!?!
Better yet, 1/10 th millidollars. Seriously, I get a kick when I see Americans mixing the metric and imperial system together.

They do that crap on Myth Busters all the time, and I don't know how they manage to calculate anything right.. lol

This AIN'T ROCKET SURGERY!!!!111!!!

calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA

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Heck, I'm not even surprised. Remember, these are the graduates who have had "cultural awareness" issues pumped into their heads instead of math and science.

calvoiper