Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Now this is a great way to pay your bills.

 

What now indeed.  For you non-math people, the value is roughly $1.002. If you're interested in the story behind it (and the audio really is worth listening to) you can find it here.

2/13/2007 12:10:09 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)  #    Comments [2]  | 
2/13/2007 12:32:01 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
What now? Now his bank has to figure out how to pay $1 and 0.2 cents - he misplaced the decimal point - happens to the best of us
2/13/2007 5:39:25 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Oops, just noticed that the sum of series starts with n=1 (as opposite to n=0). That makes a total being 0.2 cents. "What now" just about sums it (pun was not intended)
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