quick gas question:

alq80 · 12-29-2008, 09:28 AM

i searched both google and this forum and i couldnt find out the answer to a question i had:

what is the 9/10 after the gas price in gas stops?

if it's a dumb question save me your pity, and just asnwer please

O-cha · 12-29-2008, 09:33 AM

9/10ths of a cent because they are idiots.

Z22Z · 12-29-2008, 09:37 AM

it's nine thousandth of a dollar. it's an actual US currency and it's called a mil.

alq80 · 12-29-2008, 09:49 AM

cool, thanks! ...and what's its significance to gas though?

742 · 12-29-2008, 09:52 AM

Tradition from the old days when gas was much less expensive. The modern version is the $9.99 price tag on a widget.

Ph0zenstone · 12-29-2008, 10:05 AM

same concept of $9.99 instead of $10. So gas is $1.99 9/10 = $2.00

alq80 · 12-29-2008, 10:12 AM

wow, thanks!

one more thing i know about the US.. culture?

bigslickak · 12-29-2008, 03:42 PM

The whole 9/10th's thing is not just related to gas. It's a commodity-based thing. For example, when I go to buy some electronics components, a lot of times, the prices are like .00855 each for 5000, etc. One stinkin' resistor is often not even worth 1 cent.

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alq80 Lieutenant 47 Rep 437 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: PA / Kuwait iTrader: (3)	cool, thanks! ...and what's its significance to gas though? __________________ 335i . Montego Blue . HKS Exhaust .
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742 Major 13 Rep 1,187 Posts Drives: E90 325i; F10 528i; 2002tii Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: PA iTrader: (0)	Tradition from the old days when gas was much less expensive. The modern version is the $9.99 price tag on a widget.
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Ph0zenstone Major General 334 Rep 5,370 Posts Drives: 2018 530e X-Drive Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY iTrader: (74)	same concept of $9.99 instead of $10. So gas is $1.99 9/10 = $2.00
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alq80 Lieutenant 47 Rep 437 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: PA / Kuwait iTrader: (3)	wow, thanks! one more thing i know about the US.. culture? __________________ 335i . Montego Blue . HKS Exhaust .
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bigslickak Private First Class 5 Rep 134 Posts Drives: 335d sedan Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southern California iTrader: (1)	The whole 9/10th's thing is not just related to gas. It's a commodity-based thing. For example, when I go to buy some electronics components, a lot of times, the prices are like .00855 each for 5000, etc. One stinkin' resistor is often not even worth 1 cent.
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