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> "Omelet" > wrote in message
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>> In article >,
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
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>>> "John Kane" > wrote
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>>> >On Sep 14, 10:21 am, "Jean B." > wrote:
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>>> >> Hmmm. I need to see if there's one on my cell phone. But then
>>> >> there are unrelated units.
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>>> >How can there be unrelated units? If you're comparing apples with
>>> >apples , so to speak, aren't they both in grams or whatever.
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>>> If one item has a unit price per pound and the other per ounce,
>>> you have to do some math to compare. Usually the unit is
>>> per ounce so you can see at a glance which item is a better
>>> buy.
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>>> nancy
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>> Yep! 16 oz. per lb. so you may have to do some division, but
hopefully
>> you know that! The problems for me comes if I have to convert between
>> metric and English measurements. How many grams per oz.
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> 28. Don't ask me how I know this.
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Damn, beat me to it!

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