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Re: Demonstration Project Solution Desired

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Smells like homework or so...

On Apr 20, 10:30 am, BenT <brt...@pdmusic.org> wrote:
> Say you have this problem:
>
> You want to sell a book with a $10 profit margin.
> Estimate the costs of materials:
>  1 ream = 500 sheets costing about $20);
>  Plastic Coil Spiral Binder cost about $12 per dozen;
>  One time cost of a binding machine of about $130;
>  Ink cartridges cost about $100 per 5000 pages;
>  One time Laser (b/w) Printer cost of about $500;
> Wholesale discount price should be 30% less than retail.
>    (i.e. for retailers, and distributors only)
> Library discount price should be 10% less than retail.
> A bulk-order discount of 10% is available for 10 or more copies.
>
> Solve set up the problem for the user to input the (1) number of pages
> of the book, and the desired (2) profit margin; and output the (1)
> wholesale trade discount 30%, the (2) library/bulk discount of 10%,
> and finally the needed (3) retail price to make the desired profit.
>
> Can anyone solve the problem in a Demonstration Project for version 7
> or >?

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Demonstration Project Solution Desired BenT <brtubb@pdmusic.org> - 2011-04-20 08:30 +0000
  Re: Demonstration Project Solution Desired "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries@gmail.com> - 2011-04-21 07:09 +0000

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