 CHAR: When George Banks is in the supermarket complaining about the  conspiracy instituted by the hot dog companies and the bun  companies, he removes four buns from 3 packs of 12 hot dog buns (8 x  3=24). This would give him 24 hot dog buns. If he had simply  purchased two packs of 12 buns (12 x 2=24) he would have gotten the  same number of buns, without the subsequent arrest.