If "sixty is the new forty" then the dime must be the new penny

[Turn CO Blue]

in the 2006 economy!

[Kat45]

1. Considering what things cost, it probably is.

[gkdmaths]

2. well, not really:

If 60 is the new 40, then a coin with the value of $0.015 is the new penny.

[smokey nj]

3. If sixty is the new forty, does that mean forty is the new twenty?

[gkdmaths]

4. thirty

would be the new 20.

am I missing something??

[smokey nj]

5. No thirty would be the new ten.

[smokey nj]

7. Or is thirty the new twenty and forty the new thirty?......

I'm only asking because I'm staring at 40, just over the horizon, and I'd really like forty to be the new 20. However, I'm willing to settle for it being the new 30.

[gkdmaths]

8. No, using the proportion stated in the OP

if 60 is the new 40 (6/4), 30 would be the new 20.

6/4 = 3/2 preserves the proportion when solved for the 3 in terms of the original proportion.

:)

similarly, re: my first post, if 60/40, then the new penny would have a value of .015

theres nothing wrong with 40, though :)

[trof]

6. Pretty much.

I wonder how much we could save (as taxpayers) if we did away with the penny.
And how much would retailers make if they could just round prices up to the next nickel or dime?
hmmm

[JitterbugPerfume]

9. gee--

I am just sitting here getting younger