HELP PLEASE, i just cant figure out where i'm going wrong

[Dengle]

On assignment 1 task 2 I am having some issues

As you can see from my task one I have worked out the total cost to be £1500 which I believe to be correct, I then used the same formula for task 2 and the total cost came to £1800

This confuses me as in task two it says they cannot afford the changes and can only spend up to £2160... however this means that the total cost of £1800 is incorrect?

Using this I then tried to calculate the total number of site bins (which from my working out came to 48 total)
Which means a total of £480 for the bins, meaning 16 bins for each site.

This means the total cost comes to £1920 (which is still below the £2160 allowance)

Where am I going wrong? As in the brief it says they could not afford this, but by my working out they can?

(Working our sent in photos as reference)

 

[Deleted member 4993]

On assignment 1 task 2 I am having some issues

As you can see from my task one I have worked out the total cost to be £1500 which I believe to be correct, I then used the same formula for task 2 and the total cost came to £1800

This confuses me as in task two it says they cannot afford the changes and can only spend up to £2160... however this means that the total cost of £1800 is incorrect?

Using this I then tried to calculate the total number of site bins (which from my working out came to 48 total)
Which means a total of £480 for the bins, meaning 16 bins for each site.

This means the total cost comes to £1920 (which is still below the £2160 allowance)

Where am I going wrong? As in the brief it says they could not afford this, but by my working out they can?

(Working our sent in photos as reference)


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According to my reading of the problem each site uses:

3 operators at each site and (labor cost = 3*80 = 240 for each site) and

12 bins at each site (bin cost 12* 10 = 120 for each site)

 

[Dengle]

According to my reading of the problem each site uses:

3 operators at each site and (labor cost = 3*80 = 240 for each site) and

12 bins at each site (bin cost 12* 10 = 120 for each site)

This means that for 3 sites the total cost of bins (12 at each site) would be 360 (as 3x120)

using the 360 total, this matches my equation (shown in photo) used in the first task which means the total of £1500 is correct for the first task.

Using that same equation for task to (as specified in the brief) the total cost comes to £1800, which im guessing has to be incorrect as task two on the brief says that "they could not afford the increased charges" and their limit is £2160........(so my total of £1800 has to be incorrect? but i dont see how

 

[Deleted member 4993]

This means that for 3 sites the total cost of bins (12 at each site) would be 360 (as 3x120)

using the 360 total, this matches my equation (shown in photo) used in the first task which means the total of £1500 is correct for the first task.

Using that same equation for task to (as specified in the brief) the total cost comes to £1800, which im guessing has to be incorrect as task two on the brief says that "they could not afford the increased charges" and their limit is £2160........(so my total of £1800 has to be incorrect? but i dont see how

You say - "total of £1500 is correct for the first task." - NO! see below

You are supposed to calculate total cost (of all 3 sites together). So, for each site:

Standard cost = 300

Labor cost = 3 * 80 = 240

bin cost = 10 * 12 = 120

Cost for each site = 660

Total cost for all sites = 3* 660 = 1980

 

[Dengle]

You say - "total of £1500 is correct for the first task." - NO! see below

You are supposed to calculate total cost (of all 3 sites together). So, for each site:

Standard cost = 300

Labor cost = 3 * 80 = 240

bin cost = 10 * 12 = 120

Cost for each site = 660

Total cost for all sites = 3* 660 = 1980

Aye i've recently figured it out myself also,

The mistake i made was due to the wording of the brief, i calculated using 3 operatives for all sites, rather than 3 operatives per site



Thank you for all your help!