acc fee on petrol

[Guest jedi warrior]

 GC8E2DD']

[quote name='jake_the_muss said:

less than half is not equal to almost 5/quote]

Link to reputable article please ...

swedish rounding yo!

[cliffdunedin]

Hahahaha what a dumb ass i am...just read over my posts again and realised i was wrong...how about 0.047 :-[ =4.7 cents...as 0.47 would be 47 cents..

my bad and appologies loren ;D

[cliffdunedin]

 jake_the_muss']

[quote name=cliffdunedin said:

Contradicting what? that others thought that 0.56 cents per litre was actually half a cent per litre...i was being a smart ass!!

maybe reading all the posts before piping up might help

.56 cents per litre DOES mean about 1/2 a cent per litre. so does .47 the change is still ROUGHLY half a cent, per litre. not 5 cents. you can't just move it a decimal place because you only remember $1.74 as the price. it might actually be $1.7375 but you pay $1.74 the oil companies, however, deal in MILLIONS of litres, so those tenths of a cent end up being quite a bit of money.

quote name='loren]

Sorry but you are wrong 0.56 cents per litre does not equate to half a cent per litre but in fact 56 cents... remember primary school, ones, tens, thousands so 1.00=1 dollar.. 0.50=50 cents..0.05=5 cents! see acc's website for correct levies: http://www.acc.co.nz/for-business/levy-consultation/current-levy-consultation/BUS00113

[cliffdunedin]

oops that was mine just stuffed up the quotes...here it is again:

Sorry but you are wrong 0.56 cents per litre does not equate to half a cent per litre but in fact 56 cents... remember primary school, ones, tens, thousands so 1.00=1 dollar.. 0.50=50 cents..0.05=5 cents! see acc's website for correct levies: http://www.acc.co.nz/for-business/levy-consultation/current-levy-consultation/BUS00113

[Guest]

OMFG see how the decimal 0.56 CENTS per litre, has CENTS following it? This sets the unit your dealing with. 1.00 only equals $1 when followed by 1.00 dollars. Because the 0.56 is followed by CENTS it means that CENTS is the unit. If you move the decimal place 2 points to the left you will convert it to dollars eg, $0.0056.

Did you fail primary school maths? you know the kind with the abacus, and the ones, tens, and hundreds plastic blocks?

[Guest]

 

ACC proposes:

* increasing the combined average motor vehicle levy from $254.63 to $287.00 per vehicle

* increasing the petrol levy for 2009/2010 from 9.43 to 9.90 cents per litre and increasing the average licensing fee per petrol vehicle to $168.45, resulting in a combined average levy rate of $287.00 per petrol vehicle

Quite clearly only 0.47 CENTS per litre OR $0.0047 per litre. (see how i did that? moved the decimal place to convert units from cents to dollars?)

Have a look up on you-tube for Verizon maths fail. Exactly the same situation but with with broadband billing. Basic in-ability to convert units from cents to dollars.

[Joker]

What if I am left handed and park on the other side of the pump do I still have to use 91?

[cliffdunedin]

 forhire said:

OMFG see how the decimal 0.56 CENTS per litre, has CENTS following it? This sets the unit your dealing with. 1.00 only equals $1 when followed by 1.00 dollars. Because the 0.56 is followed by CENTS it means that CENTS is the unit. If you move the decimal place 2 points to the left you will convert it to dollars eg, $0.0056.

Did you fail primary school maths? you know the kind with the abacus, and the ones, tens, and hundreds plastic blocks?

Either way its only around 5 cents per litre and not 56 cents as originally thought with the 0.56 call...maths is not a great deal and we are not on a maths forum but remember anything left of the decimal is dollars!!

$1123.56= 1 thousand,1 hundred, twenty, three dollars DECIMAL POINT 56 cents

[Guest loren]

cliff. give up, you still don't get it at all.

[Joker]

so whats point 5 of a cent (half a cent)

[Guest loren]

 JoKer said:

so whats point 5 of a cent (half a cent)

50 cents of course (in cliff's universe)

[cliffdunedin]

 loren said:

cliff. give up, you still don't get it at all.

I truly dont see it!!, i'm no maths wizz but have passed maths up to maths 160 level....

Like i said either way it's only around 5 cent per litre...no biggie really!!

As far as i can see $0.56 does equal 56 cents which is not even the correct levy which is 4.7 cents or $0.047....as far as i can see....

Lets wait for the accountants and see if they can correct us...

Oh and Joker i would assume half a cent would be $0.005...but again i could be wrong

[cliffdunedin]

 loren']

[quote name='JoKer said:

so whats point 5 of a cent (half a cent)

/quote]

50 cents of course (in cliff's universe)

Who cares!! either way its only 5 cents per litre not half a cent nor 50 cents that were mentioned in earlier posts

[Guest jedi warrior]

yes $0.56 is 56 cents

[Guest loren]

 cliffdunedin']

[quote name='JoKer said:

so whats point 5 of a cent (half a cent)

/quote]

50 cents of course (in cliff's universe)

Who cares!! either way its only 5 cents per litre not half a cent nor 50 cents that were mentioned in earlier posts

It's not 5 cents per litre cliff. It is half a cent per litre.

[Joker]

 cliffdunedin said:

Oh and Joker i would assume half a cent would be $0.005...but again i could be wrong

yes so by logic (slow down and read the theory)

0.5 (1/2) a cent = 0.005 Dollars - its unit dependent

0.5 millimeters = 0.005 centimeters etc

[Guest jedi warrior]

lol...

lets just face it over a tank of gas it will be like what.. 25c?

[Guest]

 jedi warrior said:

lol...

lets just face it over a tank of gas it will be like what.. 25c?

Correct, at most about 25 - 30 cents per tank of gas. (or for cliff's benefit $0.25 - $0.30 per tank)

**facepalm's @ maths fail**

Cliff, the increase is from 9.43 to 9.90 cents per litre. The unit in this case is cents. The increase is less than one whole unit (remember the unit is cents), only 0.47 of a unit, or 0.47 of a cent, or 0.0047 of a dollar.

[Guest jedi warrior]

this has been amusing

i hope none of you work in a bank or for the govt

[Guest loren]

And cliff, if you want to pay with a million dollar bill (denoting a million dollar bill as $M), you'll be getting $M0.00000000025 less change per tank.

[Guest jedi warrior]

 loren said:

And cliff, if you want to pay with a million dollar bill (denoting a million dollar bill as $M), you'll be getting $M0.00000000025 less change per tank.

LOLLLOLLOL

NOM NOM NOM

[cliffdunedin]

 forhire']

[quote name='jedi warrior said:

lol...

lets just face it over a tank of gas it will be like what.. 25c?

/quote]

Correct, at most about 25 - 30 cents per tank of gas. (or for cliff's benefit $0.25 - $0.30 per tank)

**facepalm's @ maths fail**

Cliff, the increase is from 9.43 to 9.90 cents per litre. The unit in this case is cents. The increase is less than one whole unit (remember the unit is cents), only 0.47 of a unit, or 0.47 of a cent, or 0.0047 of a dollar.

God i truly am retarded, for some reason i had 9 dollars 43 cents in my head, i guess 3 days in bed with the flu has made my reading comprehension and maths purely awesome :-\

thanks for clarifying that up...and making me feel very stupid...lol

*sneeks off out of the thread*

[Guest]

 cliffdunedin said:

..........i guess 3 days in bed with the flu....................

Swine Flu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest]

 cliffdunedin said:

God i truly am retarded

some autistic kids are really good at math.

[Koom]

 jake_the_muss']

[quote name='cliffdunedin said:

God i truly am retarded

/quote]

some autistic kids are really good at math.

Whats autism got to do with being retarded??