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I need help with a tricky math question
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I'll provide context later, but this is the problem we are trying to solve and having a bit of difficulty figuring out. The numbers are just examples, but the context should be the same:
In Q1, our results were +20%. In Q1 we spent $10,000 to get our result of +20%, at a price per percentage unit of $500 per % unit.
In Q2, our results were at -8%. This time in Q2 we spent $8,000 to get our result of -8%, but if we follow the same procedure to determine our price per percentage unit we would get -$10,000, which is incorrect. We are spending more money, but the outcomes this quarter are worse.
How do we calculate the cost per percentage unit in this case?/
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I PASSED MATH THIS YEAR WITH A 50. STILL WANT MY HELP?
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So Q1 is an example and you need help with Q2?
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FROM NOW ON EVER MATH QUESTION POSTED ON HERE I'M SAYING THE ANSWER IS 4 so I'm going with 4.
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Q1 $10,000 / 20% = $500
Q2 8000 / -8 = -1000
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How is your reading comprehension so bad, that you read through my question (you obviously had to, to get the numbers) but provide the exact same answer I already stated was wrong?
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I mean seriously, does it make sense to you that we're spending negative amounts of money? We are definitely not profiting off this.
If anyone's curious, we came up with a semi-solution (as in we're not quite sure if it's right yet):
Instead of working with -8%, you add +16% for both values Q1 & Q2 to work with two positive numbers, with which we are now able to calculate cost per percentage point. Once we have that we convert it back to the original, subtracting the amount equivalent to 16% points. This is assuming that the cost per percentage point ratio remains consistent.
Can anyone verify?
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