selling 100 items to 15 buyers. 2 will give $2K; 13 will giv

[notamathguy]

Sorry, I'm not a math guy, and I don't even know which category I should post to.

I'm trying to figure out how to calculate something, and I'm looking for help.

I'll try to simplify it: I have 100 items to sell. I have 15 buyers. Two of the buyers give me $2,000, the other 13 buyers each give me $1,000. How do I calculate how many items each buyer gets?
thanks much

 

[tkhunny]

Re: Calculation help

You must UNIT-ize.

Total Collected = 2(2000) + 13(1000) = 4000+13000 = 17000

High Share = 2000/17000 = 0.117647059
Low share = 1000/17000 = 0.058823529

You must decide what to do with the rounding.

High Distribution = 0.117647059*100 = 11.7647059
Low Distribution = 0.058823529*100 = 5.8823529

you MAY wish simply to use 5/4 rounding. Let's see if it works. Why wouldn't it, right?

11.7647059 ==> 12
5.8823529 ==> 6

2(12) + 13(6) = 24 + 78 = 102 <== See the problem?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Re: Calculation help

Sorry, I'm not a math guy, and I don't even know which category I should post to.

I'm trying to figure out how to calculate something, and I'm looking for help.

I'll try to simplify it: I have 100 items to sell. I have 15 buyers. Two of the buyers give me $2,000, the other 13 buyers each give me $1,000. How do I calculate how many items each buyer gets?
thanks much

for 1000 dollars, the buyer gets,

\(\displaystyle \frac{100}{17} \, =\, 5 \frac{15}{17} \, pieces\)

So you need to break each item into 17 pieces - otherwise the problem does not make sense (may be you started with 102 items - you just miscounted :wink: )