Let's try again You say $30b
80% of Exxon's earnings are from out side the US and they pay a hefty income tax for it. 20% is earned in the US. So 20% (earned in US) of 30b(earned world wide) = 6b 1.6b / 6b * 100 = 26.6% Got it? . On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> dude! >> 26.6% != 5% >> >> > > 4/3 != 5% either! > > Making up meaningless numbers is fun! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337224 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
