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During the first quarter this year, this particular grocery
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During the first quarter this year, this particular grocery store was finishing its construction of an expanded bakery facility, which, when opened at the beginning the second quarter, will offer dozens of new cakes and pies, a whole new line of pastries, and several flavors of gourmet coffee. Assume that in the second quarter, the bakery sales triple, and all other sales stay the same. The bakery would then account for what percentage of total sales in the second quarter?
A. 8.7%
B. 12%
C. 16.1%
D. 18%
E. 25.3%
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03 Dec 2018, 12:23
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This is a wordy question to confuse the students. However, if you stick out what you do really looking for it is easy.
probably, the most difficult part (at least for a non-native speaker) is to consider all the 3 categories which are mentioned in the question as bakery which is 6%
If we triple this amount it becomes 18%
However, the "jump" from 6 to 18 is 12. So we do have an increase in term of % of 112 which is our new whole amount.
\(\frac{18}{112}=C\)
Hope this helps.
Regards
probably, the most difficult part (at least for a non-native speaker) is to consider all the 3 categories which are mentioned in the question as bakery which is 6%
If we triple this amount it becomes 18%
However, the "jump" from 6 to 18 is 12. So we do have an increase in term of % of 112 which is our new whole amount.
\(\frac{18}{112}=C\)
Hope this helps.
Regards
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10 Jan 2023, 15:39
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kimmmmm wrote:
Hi I'm confused why it doesn't work when we use the numbers given..ie: 6% of $200,000 = $12,000. If bakery sales triple then it's $36,000. I'm getting if $36,000/$236,000 = 15.25%. The $236,000 is from adding the new bakery sales to the original total from the first quarter
Your mistake is that the bakery sales increase from $12K to $36K representing a net jump of $24K not $36K. The $12K of Q1 sales is already included in total revenue of $200K. So you need to adjust total sales to $224K and $36K ends up being 16% of that total.
