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Shopaholic Carla’s just found the cutest pair of shoes! And – even better – she did the math and found out they’re FREE!… or are they? Does 40% off plus an additional 60% off really mean these shoes are free?

Math Mess is a local public television program presented by WVIZ and PBS Ideastream.

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