Big Oil RIPS YOU OFF -- via Unfair Mathematics

In which John discusses rounding in math and how oil companies use it to cheat you out of millions of pennies on your gasoline purchases. Visit Nerdfighteria: http://www.nerdfighters.com You can email exxon here: http://www.exxonmobil.com/Imports/contactus/contactus_contact.aspx This is the letter I wrote them: Dear Exxon, My name is John Green. I am a novelist and videoblogger. Due to your use of radically unfair traditional methods of rounding mathematics (which rounds up 5/9ths of the time), I've been overcharged by one penny on five percent of my gas purchases. In the last two years, this adds up to (approximately) eight cents from you (and two cents from Shell). Please send me my eight cents. Best wishes! John Green

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YouTube | February 22, 2009

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