Jim this is another example of the math problem you've had recently.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801/
updated 3:31 p.m. ET, Tues., June 16, 2009
Retail gas prices rose for the 49th straight day Tuesday even though crude fell again.
The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline gained a half cent overnight to $2.674, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service, surpassing a stretch in early 2007 when prices moved up 48 straight days.
In late April, when this streak began, a gallon of gas cost only $2.05.
Fred Dase
Wisdom Begins In Wonder