document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1142589>Question 1142589</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tim owns a hardware store and sells metal and plastic pipe.  The retail price is fixed at 40% above wholesale cost. Tim learns the meter stick is not accurate, and he is only making 39%.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He only uses the stick to sell pipe.  The amount he buys is correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find length of the stick.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L = stick length.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Unsure how to solve.  Non-homework.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "He thinks he is selling the pipe for 140% of his wholesale cost, but he is only selling it for 139% of the wholesale cost, because the meter stick is not accurate.  So he is selling the pipe for 139/140 of what he thinks he is selling it for.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means the meter stick is TOO LONG by a factor of 140/139.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the meter stick is actually 140/139 meters long.<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "140/139 = 1.00719  to 5 decimal places<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the stick is too long by about 0.00719 meters, or 7.19 mm. </SPAN>\n" );
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