I'm no math wiz but...

[Conquest10]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060505/hl_nm/kennedy_ambien_dc

Sanofi-Aventis says Ambien, used by millions of people since its introduction in 1993, has lulled patients to sleep for 12 billion nights.

~13 years X 365 days each year (not counting leap years) = 12 billion nights?

[hudsonf]

He must be using that modern math they tried to teach me in school. I never did catch on to it and guess I never will.

[Mr. Dweezel]

He must be using that modern math they tried to teach me in school. I never did catch on to it and guess I never will.

I had to learn that stuff too.

Here you go!

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mnewmath.html

[Craig Tucker]

Used by millions of people

So its 13 years x 365 days x millions of people.

Its like if you say a job will take 20 man days to complete. If you have 1 man then it will take 20 days, but with 4 men on the job it will be done in 5 days