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In response to George Vaccaro's horrifying encounters with the Verizon billing department over the difference between dollars and cents (and other basic math): verizonmath.blogspot.com Click here for the full audio of the verizon call (warning: will make you throw your computer in frustration). -- xkcd

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This is not a comic, but a webpage on xkcd.com There are many other similar xkcd webpages, some of which are explained here. Explain xkcd is trying to decide how they should be treated. You are welcome to help us decide how we should categorise, call, or present these kinds of explanations. Kindly leave a comment here. This page should not be categorized until we decide how to explain these non-comics (see discussion above).

This page was announced here.

"Do you recognise there's a difference between 1 dollar and 1 cent?"

"Definitely."

"Do you recognise there's a difference between half a dollar and half a cent?"

"Definitely."

"Then, do you therefore, do you recognise there's a difference between 0.002 dollars and 0.002 cents?"

"No."

e to the pi times i equals -1. The sum is equivalent to 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯, which equals 1.

As such, the number ends up being 0.002 - 1 + 1 = 0.002 dollars which, as Randall would later point out in 558: 1000 Times, "will NEVER equal 0.002 cents."

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if this is "not a comic" then why does it say "Go to comic" and why can i get to this from "Random comic" 00:44, 24 June 2025 (UTC)00:44, 24 June 2025 (UTC)Treeplate (talk) (is this enough tildes?)

Because we have not decided yet. Until we decide what to do with these pages its going to be messy. Read the notice:

There are many other similar xkcd webpages, some of which are explained here. Explain xkcd is trying to decide how they should be treated. You are welcome to help us decide how we should categorise, call, or present these kinds of explanations. Kindly leave a comment here.

Please feel free to comment! --FaviFake (talk) 09:14, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

maybe change it so that there is an option in the comic template to say "Go to Page" instaed of "Go to comic"? (maybe on april first it says "goto comic") me, hi (talk) 23:56, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, but I meant "feel free to comment in the community portal". There are already close no no discussions on this, and the last thing we need is a fragmentation of the discussions. --FaviFake (talk) 10:55, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
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