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Green Tip: Fuzzy Math


Were you wondering how 780 cartons of paper equal 756,000 pounds of paper? Do the math... given those statistics, each carton of paper would weigh close to 1000 pounds and cost over a hundred dollars!  Lesson learned... you can never proof-read a document too many times.  Here is the "true" statistic direct from Patrick Bates: "Last fiscal year (FY-07) the College purchased approximately 3,780 cartons of white paper (10 reams/carton or 5,000 sheets/carton)."  Sorry for any confusion... and the fuzzy math!!

Jennifer Hill
Biology Department
03/27/2008