document.write( "Question 953383: you buy 6 t-bones steaks that cost 699 pesos per pound. The weight that is listed on the package is is 5.72 pounds. The scale that weighed the package is accurate to within 1/32 pound. How much might you be under changed or overcharged? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "We now look only at the .72.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply by 32 to find how many 32nds that is\r\n" );
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document.write( "23.04 32nds of a pound.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the scale read 23/32 which is really .7185 and they rounded it off to .72\r\n" );
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document.write( "The scale could be off as much as 1/2 of a 32nd.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the meat could have weighed as much as 5 and 23.5 32nds pounds,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is 5+23.5/32 = 5.734375 pounds. or as little as 5 pound and 22.5 32nds,\r\n" );
document.write( "which is 5+22.5/32 = 5.703125\r\n" );
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document.write( "you paid 699 pesos per pound for 5.72 pounds, so you paid 3998.28 pesos.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose the meat weighed 5.734375 pounds. Then at 699 pesos per pound,\r\n" );
document.write( "that should have cost 5.734375x699 = 4008.328125 pesos.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But since you only paid 3998.28 pesos, you would have been undercharged by\r\n" );
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document.write( "4008.328125 - 3998.28 = 10.048125 pesos.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose the meat weighed only 5.703125 pounds. Then at 699 pesos per pound,\r\n" );
document.write( "that should have cost 5.703125x699 = 3986.484375 pesos.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But since you paid 3998.28 pesos, you would have been overcharged by\r\n" );
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document.write( "4008.328125 - 3998.28 = 21.84375 pesos.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So you could have been undercharged by about 10 pesos or overcharged about \r\n" );
document.write( "22 pesos.\r\n" );
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