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[Chantry]

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[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

[PowderRiverCowboy]

Burn it in 

 

[Buckshot Bob]

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[Buckshot Bob]

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

Just now, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

Moon camouflage and space camouflage? 

[Subdeacon Joe]

27 minutes ago, Buckshot Bob said:

 

Just like any other vehicle with onboard computers. 

[Joe LaFives #5481]

21 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:

 

Gas Price History

 

Nation wide the average price in 2020 was $2.17. For 2023 it was $3.22. That's an increase of 149%.

 

Here is a chart showing the national average price of gasoline for the last 5 years.

 

 

 

 

$3.22 is NOT an increase of 149% over $2.17  - it's 67%.  To double check.  A 100% increase would be double or $4.34.  Let's do math together. 

[Subdeacon Joe]

4 minutes ago, Joe LaFives #5481 said:

$3.22 is NOT an increase of 149% over $2.17  - it's 67%.  To double check.  A 100% increase would be double or $4.34.  Let's do math together. 

 

How about "An increase to 149% of thebase pricevof $2.17"?

[Buckshot Bear]

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[Buckshot Bob]

39 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

Just like any other vehicle with onboard computers. 

Ya , so ? 

[Joe LaFives #5481]

1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

How about "An increase to 149% of thebase pricevof $2.17"?

No it's a 67% increase over the base price.   It increased by $1.05 , that increase is not 149%. 

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[Subdeacon Joe]

51 minutes ago, Joe LaFives #5481 said:

No it's a 67% increase over the base price.   It increased by $1.05 , that increase is not 149%. 

 

 

2.17 x 1.49 = 3.23

[Joe LaFives #5481]

2 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

 

2.17 x 1.49 = 3.23

but $2.17 is not the increase.  $3.23 would be 149% increase for a total of $5.40.  The increase is $1.05 and that is not 149% of $2.17

Edited March 7, 2024 by Joe LaFives #5481

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

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[Sedalia Dave]

23 hours ago, Joe LaFives #5481 said:

$3.22 is NOT an increase of 149% over $2.17  - it's 67%.  To double check.  A 100% increase would be double or $4.34.  Let's do math together. 

 

22 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

How about "An increase to 149% of thebase pricevof $2.17"?

 

This is why I love math. You can easily manipulate the numbers to your advantage. 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 7, 2024 by Sedalia Dave

[Sedalia Dave]

 

 

 

[John Kloehr]

How to calculate inflation:

 

https://www.rocketmoney.com/learn/personal-finance/how-to-calculate-inflation-rate

 

1. Subtract an item’s original cost from its present cost.
2. Divide the result by the original cost.
3. Multiply by 100.

So:

 

((3.23-2.17)/2.17)*100=(1.06/2.17)*100=0.488*100=48.8%

[Subdeacon Joe]

Ok....he STATED it incorrectly.  Which doesn't change that 3.23 is 149% of 2.17.

[John Kloehr]

1.49 is the same effectively the same as 48.8%. I applied the given significant figure (3 vs 2) and expressed it as a percent. So 48.8% is 1.488 times the original price.

 

Even then, we are actually not at an inflation rate as we think of it. We think of inflation annually. So if something doubles in price over 6 months, and doubles again in another 6 months...

 

Well, neat data at:

 

https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_gas_price

 

 

Pick your dates and calculate your rate.

[Sedalia Dave]

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[Buckshot Bob]

[Buckshot Bob]

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5 hours ago, Buckshot Bob said:

I was thinking about the captain just the other day. And I wondered.

 

Did it leave a film inside your mouth, for anybody else, or did he just not like me?

 

I mean the cereal was good. I liked it. But when I was through eating I had to go brush my teeth and my tongue and the roof of my mouth and my cheeks to get the coating off. Yech.