Why Learning Math is Important - Neatorama

Milk at the this Wal*Mart store is $2.25 a gallon, or 2 for $5. A half-gallon of milk is $2.47. What would your purchase be? Link -via Bits and Pieces

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i noticed this at walmart some time ago and could not figure out why.

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Wal-mart has been carelessly doing this for years. God only knows how things actually ring up. I won't purchase something there if this funny business is going on.

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Or you could just look at the orange sticker on each bottle, which appears to be ¢/fl oz.

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I work in an independent health food store in Northern Arkansas and we're constantly hearing how we're "just like Wal-Marts", typically because we've either moved something to expand product line or the customer just can't remember where it is. But I seriously fail to see how we're exactly like a corporation that pulls all kinds of ridiculous schemes from top to bottom, just like this one, not to mention sells mostly unhealthy food at prices that really are not that cheap when you're stuck in a town without many other options.

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"I hope people can figure out how this theoretical example plays in their own lives."

Yes, I have figured out exactly how this theoretical example plays in my life: it doesn't, because I don't throw milk away 4 days after buying it. Awesome.

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The researcher says "seeing actual human bodies may set a more realistic point of comparison than photoshopped bodies presented in mass media". I can't find the paper to see if it factored in that some of the people in the drawing class might have a good idea of what 'actual human bodies' look like. For examples, the beach, the changing room at a gym or pool, or someone who works as a massage therapist or nurse/caretaker. I would also like to know how the anxiety of being a new student in a new subject, knowing there would be a nude model, vs. the relief and pleasure of having succeeded in doing the class, was a factor.

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