Selling Fuel Oil at a Loss


Resource ID#: 42310 Primary Type: Problem-Solving Task
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The task is a modeling problem which ties in to financial decisions faced routinely by businesses, namely the balance between maintaining inventory and raising short-term capital for investment or re-investment in developing the business.

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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators, Students , Parents
Suggested Technology: Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office
Instructional Time: 5 Minute(s)
Keywords: Selling Fuel Oil at a Loss, modeling, capital, investment, cpalms, icpalms, illustrativemathematics.org, illustrative mathematics, tasks, mathematics, math, Florida standards, resource, free, freely available, problems-based learning, student activities, system of equations
Instructional Component Type(s): Problem-Solving Task
Resource Collection: Illustrative Mathematics

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