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Listen to it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
Background:http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=
Background:http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/
This is EXACTLY what the guy did, like a billion times! He made them multiply 0.002c/kB ("keep in mind that's in units of cents") with 35,000 kB...and they'd say it came out 71 dollars! Incredible! The mind boggles! No, it actually does a lot more than that, but I haven't found the words for it yet!DaveC426913 said:Ivan's right, this would have been much clearer and much shorter, if he had just had them calculate what his bill should be.
Get the guy to say you are charged at .002c/kb, then ask him to calculate his bill.
3.5Gb x .002c = 71 cents.
Forget all the hypothetical stuff.
I get 3.5Gb x .002c/Kb = 70 dollars. Are the inputs correct?DaveC426913 said:3.5Gb x .002c = 71 cents.
neutrino said:XKCD
Extremely close, but much closer to $.002BobG said:Or pretty close to $1.42
jimmysnyder said:Extremely close, but much closer to $.002
The .002 part is handwritten, the dollars part is printed.FrogPad said:you mean .002 ?
jimmysnyder said:Extremely close, but much closer to $.002
jimmysnyder said:The .002 part is handwritten, the dollars part is printed.
0.7340 in what units?MeJennifer said:Looks like it's closer to 0.7340.
jimmysnyder said:0.7340 in what units?
3.5 Gb is 3670016 Kb.
3670016 Kb * .002 c/Kb = 7340c = $73.40 (roughly)
But I haven't got an anwer to the question "are these the correct inputs?"
This is how it is actually taught to them at these companies. They are taught to quote anything to the right of a decimal point in cents. For example, a per minute rate of 1 and 1/2 cents is 0.015 they'll quote this to the customer as .015 cents, when it's actually 1.5 cents they forget to move the decimal point over. He should have been quoted .2 cents.Moonbear said:Where are you getting 3.5 GB from? The bill, at least as far as we know, was in KB: 35893 KB.
If you read the comments on the various videos related to this, it makes you just want to bang your head on the wall or reach out and strangle these people and send them back to 4th grade! This is why units are SO important...all of them! He should have not just had them write down a bunch of numbers (it seemed like he was going out of his way to make it even more confusing by arguing over the difference between dollars and cents before ever getting to his actual problem).
What he needed to say was something like:
I was quoted a rate of .002 cents per KB.
I used 35893 KB.
If you multiply 35893 KB by .002 cents per KB, you get 71.786 cents. I'll agree to that rounding up to 72 cents, but not 71 dollars!
As soon as the idiot on the other end of the phone started trying to say .002 dollars is the same as .002 cents, I wouldn't have kept belaboring the point, I'd have simply requested to please be connected to a supervisor who has passed grade school math.
From DaveC426913's message #5 in this thread. I quoted his post in my first post in message #19 and I kept asking: Are these inputs correct? You are the first one to set me straight.Moonbear said:Where are you getting 3.5 GB from?
"Listen to Dollars and Cents by Verizon Math" is a financial education program developed by Verizon to teach students about the importance of budgeting and managing their money.
The target audience for this program is middle and high school students, as well as their parents and teachers.
This program covers topics such as budgeting, saving, credit cards, loans, and other important financial concepts.
This program is available for free on Verizon's website and can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection.
Yes, Verizon provides lesson plans, worksheets, and other resources for teachers to use in the classroom, as well as interactive games and activities for students to engage with.