Multiple choice math questions
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Can someone help me with this arithmetic question (see attachment)
I selected the answer 125,000 but I do not think this is correct
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I need a little help with these 2 multiple choice q's.
Don't believe my current answers selected are correct. I'm unsure how to work out the first and I'm getting approx 14m for the second??
How did you get those answers? Please share your work.
I'm unsure on Q1 but as turnover is predicted to increase by 10% in all stores, would the increase in total turnover not be equal to 10%?
For Q2, I'm not sure how I got 125,00 as I'm now getting 14m!
762 trees to be cut down and replaced:
- first 500 trees = 500 x 5 = 2500
- remaining 267 trees = 267 x 6 = 1602
= 4102 trees
Costs:
cost of replacing a tree = 762 x 2.18 = €1661
cost of cutting down a tree = 762 x 4.26 = 23246
= €24907
Income from paper sold each tree = 4102 x €3523 = 14,451,346
€14,451,346 - €24907 = 14,426,439
14m is not one of the answer options so I have obv made a few mistakes here
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I'm unsure on Q1 but as turnover is predicted to increase by 10% in all stores, would the increase in total turnover not be equal to 10%?
But you chose "total turnover increases LESS than 10%.."
For Q2, I'm not sure how I got 125,00 as I'm now getting 14m!
762 trees to be cut down and replaced:
- first 500 trees = 500 x 5 = 2500
- remaining 267 trees = 267 x 6 = 1602 ..... that should be (762-500=)262
= 4102 trees
Costs:
cost of replacing a tree = 762 x 2.18 = €1661
cost of cutting down a tree = 762 x 4.26 = 23246 ← That is incorrect - do the multiplication again!
= €24907
Income from paper sold each tree = 4102 x €3523 = 14,451,346
€14,451,346 - €24907 = 14,426,439
14m is not one of the answer options so I have obv made a few mistakes here
Always check intermediate answers for estimates.
For example, cost of cutting down ~800 trees at ~$4 a tree is ~$3200. Your answer (~23000) was way off!!
Redo your calculations again.