TODAY’S STICKELERS ANSWER

They were charging approximately 12.5 percent more than their competition! Although it may appear that 1/45 ounce for $45 is an equitable midpoint between 1/30 ounce and 1/60 ounce, it is not. 1/45 is 0.02222 while the mean of the 1/30 and 1/60 is 0.02500. The average of the reciprocals of two numbers is different from the reciprocal of the average.