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Article #688. . . in World War II dollars
From: RHG
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 18:29
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 18:29
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I struck the mother load when I asked for a formula to convert World War II dollars to dollars of the 1990s, allowing for inflation. I see it's not so easy as I thought. But I received a lot of suggestions, and will follow them up in the next week or two. A few of you asked me to post what I decide to do, and I shall. A few others asked me to be more specific. Ok. A certain torpedo cost $10,000 in 1943. A $100 reward was offered by the Navy to anyone who would find lost torpedoes. Mobilizing scientists (through OSRD) in 1941 cost $500 million. And $25,000 was allocated to develop a certain torpedo "trigger." I would like to be able to add a note: "an amount equal to $____ in 1993 dollars." Maybe I shouldn't. ====================================================================== Robert Gannon | Bitnet: RHG@PSUVM 35 Burrowes Bldg. | Internet: RHG@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Penn State | Phone: 814 355-4800 or 355-0943 University Park, PA 16802 | Fax: 814 863-7285
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ysu.edu!psuvm!rhg Organization: Penn State University Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 13:29:41 EST From: <RHG@psuvm.psu.edu> Message-ID: <93002.132941RHG@psuvm.psu.edu> Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Subject: . . . in World War II dollars Lines: 21