2006-06-14 06:31:00 · 4 answers · asked by steve c 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
this is the Bush Tax.. 9/10 of every penny goes straight into President Bush's pocket
2006-06-14 06:34:51 · answer #1 · answered by sugarbear2205 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our currency uses two digits for cents, but a gas pump can add more digits to bring it closer to the next cent value. Therefore making more money per gallon. Doesn't sound right, I know, I'll give an example.
2.99 is if it were calculated that way, would be just that, 2.990.
2.99 9/10 is 2.999 which is what a gas pump uses, and is a lot closer to 3.00 than 2.99.
Hope this helps.
2006-06-14 07:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by jay 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm no longer probably particular yet i'd think of is is to conceal the extra unusual cents that the station proprietor has to pay for his gas. It purely makes it easy to parent his earnings. Say the tank truck order is for 8500 gallons and the fee for the station is $3.7967 according to gallon. The station proprietor needs to make around $.05 earnings just to conceal all the EPA underground tank attempting out and all the fee to instruct his pumps plus what it fee in electrical energy to run them. whilst he gadgets his value to make a definite earnings he gadgets it at $3.849 to conceal the$.0067 extra he had to pay. the extra 9/10 is to establish the 6.7/10 is roofed. They began doing it some time past whilst they had to start paying unusual cents on what they purchase. i'm fifty 3 and its been like that ever experience i will keep in mind. in case you think of roughly it this is clever. the fee of the extra $.0067 on 8500 is $fifty six.ninety 9 the station proprietor has to make that up by some potential. So he fees you an further $.009 according to gallon and makes an further $19.fifty one advertising 8500 gallons of gas. So if the subsequent 850 human beings circulate in and purchase 10 gallons all and sundry has to pay a sprint over $.02 cents for a top off. i'm hoping this would supply help to to appreciate.
2016-12-13 16:05:10 · answer #3 · answered by biedrzycki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm pretty sre its to account for the pump's accuracy. if the pump isn't calibrated too well, you might pay a little more for gas, and vice versa. i asked an attendant once a couple of years ago on a road trip.
2006-06-14 06:37:15 · answer #4 · answered by igarbage 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋