On Wed, 14 May 2008 11:57:03 -0700 (PDT), elodie.gillain@gmail.com
wrote:

>On May 14, 2:54 pm, "<username>" <user@name> wrote:
>> <elodie.gill...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:42402d49-4f2e-4125-8111-4896ccf8f7b9@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Dear Forumers,
>>
>> > Say I can choose between two cars. The gas mileage of the first car is
>> > 25. The gas mileage of the second car is 30. Let us say that the cost
>> > of gas is 4$ per gallon.
>>
>> > The difference in gas mileage between the two cars is 5. So the
>> > savings if I choose the leaner car is 4$ per gallon/5miles per
>> > gallon=0.8 $ per mile
>> > Am I right?
>>
>> > I greatly appreciate your help.
>>
>> You've gotta be a blonde!!
>
>Yes I am!
>
>The other day I was designing a distillation column for an industrial
>company. According to my computation, the height of the column should
>be 6 miles...

I think you're management material.