Help with a mathematical problem - which isn't ??

[Narnia]

Hal, what is the purpose of life?

[HAL9000]

Some would say 42 - I reckon it's a Fair Pint.

[indiepanda]

HAL9000 Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> One proposed (albeit simplistic) solution is to

> carry out two calculations based on the same sales

> turnover: but one using the actual cost figures of

> a Type B pub while the other uses figures

> commensurate with a Type A pub. Any difference in

> the result would be evidence of inequality.

> Furthermore, the difference can be equalised by

> iterating with a variable Profit to Rent Ratio

> until both A and B?type Landlord?s profits are the

> same. The resulting difference in the Ratios for A

> and B-type pubs would also serve to quantify the

> inequality.

Isn't the thing to work out what the average cost of beer is to each pub and express the cost of beer in a type B pub as a percentage of the cost of beer in a type A pub. Then should be able to turn into a formulae that shows for a given level of sales turnover and other costs, the profit as a % of sales turnover will be X% lower in a type B pub?

[HAL9000]

indiepanda Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Isn't the thing to work out ...

Quite right. The OP sent me various documents in which tied and free market beer prices are tabulated. The actual math is quite straightforward. I think the OP needs someone like a qualified accountant, preferably with experience in this sector, to prepare a formal argument for use in court and/or the campaign. A credible, accredited expert witness, in other words.

[HonaloochieB]

HAL9000 Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> indiepanda Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Isn't the thing to work out ...

>

> Quite right. The OP sent me various documents in

> which tied and free market beer prices are

> tabulated. The actual math

Sss.

[HAL9000]

HonaloochieB Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> HAL9000 Wrote:

> -------------------------------------------------------

> > The actual math

>

> Sss.

Quoting from Mathematics:

Etymology

The word "mathematics" comes from the Greek μάθημα (m?thēma), which means learning, study, science, and additionally came to have the narrower and more technical meaning "mathematical study", even in Classical times. Its adjective is μαθηματικός (mathēmatik?s), related to learning, or studious, which likewise further came to mean mathematical. In particular, μαθηματικὴ τέχνη (mathēmatikḗ t?khnē), in Latin ars mathematica, meant the mathematical art.

The apparent plural form in English, like the French plural form les math?matiques (and the less commonly used singular derivative la math?matique), goes back to the Latin neuter plural mathematica (Cicero), based on the Greek plural τα μαθηματικά (ta mathēmatik?), used by Aristotle, and meaning roughly "all things mathematical"; although it is plausible that English borrowed only the adjective mathematic(al) and formed the noun mathematics anew, after the pattern of physics and metaphysics, which were inherited from the Greek. In English, the noun mathematics takes singular verb forms. It is often shortened to maths, or math in English-speaking North America.