This might or might not be relevant for some peopl

This might or might not be relevant for some people pondering stock value after an RS. Funny story about a McDonald's competitor selling a bigger hamburger to rival the McDonald's Quarter Pounder . That move failed apparently because too many Americans have trouble with math.

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Misunderstanding the value of one-third, customers believed they were being overcharged. Why, they asked the researchers, should they pay the same amount for a third of a pound of meat as they did for a quarter-pound of meat at McDonald’s. The “4” in “¼,” larger than the “3” in “⅓,” led them astray.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/magazine/w...-math.html