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#1 2010-05-09 05:22:02
- soroban
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Selling apples
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#2 2010-05-09 06:29:26
- ZHero
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Re: Selling apples
If two or more thoughts intersect, there has to be a point!
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#3 2010-05-13 22:23:29
- Qwerticianist
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Re: Selling apples
Think it's because when selling two Cortlands together with three Macs, the supply of Macs is exhausted before the Cortlands, so the 10 leftover Cortlands are sold for a lower average price. Effectively the 10 Cortlands earn him 2 * $2 = $4 , when they should really be earning him 5 * $1 = $5.
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#4 2010-07-16 09:08:11
- wintersolstice
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Re: Selling apples
perhaps another way to look at it:
not
which is how the man sold them
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To get to the other ...um...!!!
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#5 2010-07-18 22:06:08
- Jeganee
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Re: Selling apples
Hi,
Initially Each 5 fruit contains 3Mac and 2 Cortland
After sold the 50 -fruits,he got $20 revenue.
Now
Mac count s = 0
Cortland count is =10
If he sold 2 cortland per $1 then he will get $5 Revenue then total revenue is $25.
But still he is selling set of 5 fruits (5 cortlands for $2 dollar). Instead of selling 4 cortland for $2 ,he s selling 5 cortland for $2 so he losing revenue of $2when he sold last 2 set of 5 fruits.
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#6 2010-07-21 22:01:13
- jk22
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Re: Selling apples
Hi, nice to meet you.
can we say : to be sold 60 apples at 25$,
6 apples at 2.50$ (or 5 at 2.083$, since 25$/12 non equals 2)
3 at 1.25$ but then w/o caring about the sort of apples.
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