Comment on The price of soda in 2017
scbasteve@lemmy.world 2 days agoIn the US, cents would be written similar to a fraction. A small number with a line under. The “100” under the line being implied. Eventually the line just fell off, and it became commonplace that cents are either after a decimal, or the smaller number.
AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m going to stick with the exponent interpretation because it’s funnier.