Down to the last cent

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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26 December 2011. Visiting Florida to stay with son and daughter-in-law. My wife, my son and I visited Publix the supermarket in Delray Beach. Only I was carrying cash and I had said I would pay the groceries bill. In my back pocket I had \$250 exactly. The three of us then started to buy things independently, more-or-less without consultation. No-one was keeping a record of how much we were spending. We bought 44 items between us. At the cash-out the bill, including Sales Tax, came to \$249.99. I received one cent in change. Seemed pretty rum to me!
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