Steve & Squirrel #244: A Solitary Number

Author: somnambulist

Date: January 19, 2010

by somnambulist
1-19-10
MY HOBBY: Making unorthodox math- themed requests of store clerks, to pretend I'm Randall Munroe of XKCD.
Hi there! Welcome to Target-Mart. what can I help you with today?
Yes, I'd like a Klein bottle of your finest champagne, and a pair of Moebius boxers, post-haste!
Can I get anything else for you, sir?
Five sevenths of a pound of ham, four ninths of a pound of turkey, and 23/37 a pound of pepperoni salami, cut into the shape of a torus.
Your total comes to $7.92; will that be cash or credit?
Just to make the math simpler, here's $23.17. If you can't figure it out, I'll write it as a recursive function on a napkin for you as a study aid!