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  2. Taxis of New York City - Wikipedia

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    As of September 4, 2012, fares begin at $2.50 ($3.00 between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 am, and $3.50 during the peak weekday hours of 4:00–8:00 p.m.) and increase based on the distance traveled and time spent in slow traffic (50 cents for each one-fifth mile (0.32 km) or each 50 seconds stopped or traveling under 12 mph (19 km/h)). [34]

  3. Parts-per notation - Wikipedia

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    This is equivalent to about three seconds out of a century. One part per trillion (ppt) denotes one part per 1,000,000,000,000 (10 12) parts, and a value of 10 −12. This is equivalent to about thirty seconds out of every million years. One part per quadrillion (ppq) denotes one part per 1,000,000,000,000,000 (10 15) parts, and a value of 10 ...

  4. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    In general, if an increase of x percent is followed by a decrease of x percent, and the initial amount was p, the final amount is p (1 + 0.01 x)(1 − 0.01 x) = p (1 − (0.01 x) 2); hence the net change is an overall decrease by x percent of x percent (the square of the original percent change when expressed as a decimal number).

  5. Bit (money) - Wikipedia

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    Banknote for "Twelve and a Half Cents" = $ 1 ⁄ 8, Alabama, 1838. In the US, the bit is equal to 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 ¢, a designation which dates from the colonial period, when the most common unit of currency used was the Spanish dollar, also known as "piece of eight", which was worth 8 Spanish silver reales. $ 1 ⁄ 8 or 1 silver real was 1 "bit ...

  6. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    According to Knuth, the basis of this new revolutionary system is the potrzebie, which equals the thickness of Mad issue 26, or 2.263 348 451 743 817 321 6473 mm. [4] Volume was measured in ngogn (equal to 1000 cubic potrzebies), mass in blintz (equal to the mass of 1 ngogn of halva, which is "a form of pie [with] a specific gravity of 3.1416 ...

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  8. Cent - Wikipedia

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    Cent (music), a logarithmic measure of relative pitch or intervals "Cent" is an informal name for 1 ⁄ 100 of a unit of measurement, as in "12 cents of an inch". Specifically, it can refer to: an alternative name for the point, a unit of mass for gemstones equal to 1 ⁄ 100 of a carat

  9. Roth IRAs: What they are, how they work and how to open one - AOL

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    Accessed November 12, 2024. Amount of Roth IRA contributions that you can make for 2024, IRS. Accessed November 12, 2024. 401(k) limit increases to $23,500 for 2025, IRA limit remains $7,000, IRS ...