2020版新高考英语考前保分训练江苏版课件：专题3 阅读理解 第3节 .pptxVIP

第3节　议论文;;In effect，removing the penny means all retail(零售) prices would end in zero or five.Some prices would rise by a few pennies；some would be rounded down.Prices that end in 99 cents are common，and penny supporters have argued that removing pennies would amount to a one-cent sales tax.But Robert Whaples，an economist at Wake Forest University，actually examined this claim by looking at pricing data from a chain of convenience stores.He reported that the savings from prices rounded down would roughly offset the cost of prices rounded up.Indeed，consumers might actually benefit. Yet Americans l