Re: [MATHEDCC] RE: Dollars and Cents

Alvar J. Garcia (aj317@FREENET.BUFFALO.EDU)
Tue, 3 Jun 1997 18:03:33 -0400 (EDT)

In a local news story, a used car dealer advertised a car for 3600 bananas.
One consumer bought 3600 bananas on wholesale for considerably less than
US$3600 and the dealer was forced to take it in exchange for the car!
Don't ever forget about truth in advertising!

Regards,

On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, John Bartlett wrote:

> I had a student ask me if he could go to a car dealer who advertised a
> "cost plus 10" sale , and offer cost plus 10 cents for a car. He then
> planned to introduce the man with him as his lawyer. He asked what I
> thought his chances were!
> I use this story to encourage accuracy in language usage.
> --
> Regards, John.
> _________________________________________________________________
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