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Why do you think gas stations often quote a price per gallon that ends in 9/10 of a cent? Do you think this is an appropriate use of fractions? Why or why not?​

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The practice of tacking 9/10 of a cent on the end of a gas price goes back to when gas cost only pennies per gallon and was a tax imposed by state and federal governments. Gas stations added the fraction of a cent on the end of the price instead of rounding up the price.
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