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Thread #125809   Message #2788933
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
15-Dec-09 - 01:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Obit: Economist Paul Samuelson (Dec 2009)
Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Economist Paul Samuelson (Dec 2009)
I was going to say that four million copy figure seems mighty low. But when you consider that the average college textbook gets sold an average of three times (once as new and twice as used), that equates to around twelve million students having used the text, which sounds about right.