TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.
An importing firm recently advertised iv the "Evening Post" suggesting to the family man who may be contemplating the purchase ,of a motorcar that practical economy would result if the buyer purchased two machines of the make referred to, which cbuld; be secured at the price of one of a larger size, so that the gentleman's wife and daughter could have one for themselves, thus reducing total cost of upkeep as compared with the running costs of a large family car. The advertisement prompts a little problem which the reader will doubtless solve before passing on to the next, and, of course, without'the aid of pen or pencil. Let it be assumed that a still larger ear was equivalent to three of the smaller machines, and that the prico of each of the latter was two hundred and twenty-five pounds, when sold to different persons, but if three weie puichased by the same individual they could be obtained for the price of a laiger one ol a family ..size, viz., six hundred pounds. The suggested by tlicso conditions is what is the cost price to tho film of one of the smaller machines ii' the total profit on the sale of tlnee to the same buyer at the price quoted was exactly the same as tho profit made upon' one of them sold singly at the sale prico mentioned?
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 29
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235TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 29
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