InevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 1 month agoFucko makes at least a million bucks a year.imagemessage-square76 fedilinkarrow-up1122
arrow-up1122imageFucko makes at least a million bucks a year.InevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 1 month agomessage-square76 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareped_xing [he/him]hexbear2·1 month agoRounding and addition don't necessarily commute. link
minus-squareBobTheDestroyer@lemm.eehexbear1·1 month agoAm I missing something? You have a subtotal to which you add the tip, service fee, and the tax. Where's the rounding? linkfedilink
minus-squareped_xing [he/him]hexbear1·1 month agoCheapo Ygly didn't tip 2.79, he tipped 10%, or 2.787. Similarly, the tax isn't exactly 3.08, either. You sometimes get different results if you round to the nearest penny and add or if you add and then round. link
minus-squareBobTheDestroyer@lemm.eehexbear2·1 month agoThat's maybe two cents worth of rounding error. If you add the Subtotal, tip, fee, and tax it comes up to 36.53, not 38.52. Where's the extra 1.99? linkfedilink
Rounding and addition don't necessarily commute.
Am I missing something? You have a subtotal to which you add the tip, service fee, and the tax. Where's the rounding?
Cheapo Ygly didn't tip 2.79, he tipped 10%, or 2.787. Similarly, the tax isn't exactly 3.08, either. You sometimes get different results if you round to the nearest penny and add or if you add and then round.
That's maybe two cents worth of rounding error. If you add the Subtotal, tip, fee, and tax it comes up to 36.53, not 38.52. Where's the extra 1.99?
Oh, didn't notice that.