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Old 04-13-2005, 10:25 AM   #45 (permalink)
Janey
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Originally Posted by BigBen931
Oooooooh! I love these little conversion tests:

1 litre = 0.2642 gallons (us)
1 gallon (us) = 3.7850 litres
99.9 cents * 3.7850 = 3.7812 canadian dollars per gallon (us) of gasoline
3.7812 canadian dollars * 0.8111 cents US (todays conversion rate) = 3.066 US dollars per gallon (us)

so, is 3.066 dollars per gallon too much to pay for gas, yanks?

yes i didn't convert the mighty Loonie to the mighty greenback, but (in retrospect) i was subconciously trying to maintain the relative buying powers
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