Hello,
I run a family shrimp aquaculture business. I need to come up with reasonable sales projections for the next six months, and though I've figured out most of the overall problem, the middle part is giving me fits. I'm the most gifted in math in my family, but you'll likely see that I'm still rather feeble and really need the help.
We take in a batch of 30k shrimp each month. I figured out that we average selling 23% of each batch as small size (about 35 pieces per pound), 42% as medium (~27 pieces/lb), 23% as large (~22 pieces/lb), and 12% as jumbo (~16/lb). Each batch is sold over the length of three months, and naturally the longer a shrimp lingers, the bigger it gets. Here's where I get lost.
I need to figure out how many pieces out of 30k shrimp makes up 23% of sales in small pounds, 42% in medium pounds, 23% in large pounds, and 12% in jumbo pounds. I know enough that I don't multiply 30k by 0.23 because that will only show me whatever 23% of 30k is, not how many small pieces make up the 23% of the weight of the entire batch, which includes other larger sizes.
If anyone reading this needs some clarifications, I will do my best to do so. Thank you for your time.
I run a family shrimp aquaculture business. I need to come up with reasonable sales projections for the next six months, and though I've figured out most of the overall problem, the middle part is giving me fits. I'm the most gifted in math in my family, but you'll likely see that I'm still rather feeble and really need the help.
We take in a batch of 30k shrimp each month. I figured out that we average selling 23% of each batch as small size (about 35 pieces per pound), 42% as medium (~27 pieces/lb), 23% as large (~22 pieces/lb), and 12% as jumbo (~16/lb). Each batch is sold over the length of three months, and naturally the longer a shrimp lingers, the bigger it gets. Here's where I get lost.
I need to figure out how many pieces out of 30k shrimp makes up 23% of sales in small pounds, 42% in medium pounds, 23% in large pounds, and 12% in jumbo pounds. I know enough that I don't multiply 30k by 0.23 because that will only show me whatever 23% of 30k is, not how many small pieces make up the 23% of the weight of the entire batch, which includes other larger sizes.
If anyone reading this needs some clarifications, I will do my best to do so. Thank you for your time.