Wednesday, June 01, 2005

I hate it when newspapers try to do math for me...

...and get it wrong!

Since convenience stores make a profit of only 2 to 3 cents per gallon of gas pumped, owners say they have to sell an extra 3,000 gallons to make up for every sport-utility vehicle that takes off with a $30 tank of gas.

If they make 2 to 3 cents a gallon, wouldn't it take 1000 to 1500 gallons to make $30? Wouldn't 3000 gallons make them $60 to $90?

1 comment:

UnknownVariable said...

Bwahahahaha! Hopefully someone writes the AJC a letter.