Spending your money in a bar
Have you ever wondered where your money goes when you've had a
few too many.
This is not to say that silly spending doesn't occur when too much
alcohol is taken
The chart below shows that depending on where you sit with a group of people
[ in this case you plus 19 friends]
will have an effect on how much you consume and how much it costs.
- 20 people go into a bar
- 10 people sit on the left hand side of the pub - They sit at 2 tables, 5 at one table and 5 at another.
- 10 people sit on the right side hand side - They also sit at 2 tables, 6 at one table and 4 at another.
- All drinks cost 1 euro each
- Each person buys one round of drinks
| 2 tables on the left | 2 tables on the right | |||||||||||
| Tables | People | Drinks | Total | Tables | People | Drinks | Total | |||||
| table A | 5 | x | 5 | = | 25 | table C | 4 | x | 4 | = | 16 | |
| table B | 5 | x | 5 | = | 25 | table D | 6 | x | 6 | = | 36 | |
| + Add Totals = | 10 people | 50 drinks | 50 euro | + Add Totals | 10 people | 52 drinks | 52 euro | |||||
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So the bill for sitting on the left is Different to the bill for people sitting on on the right.
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From the barpersons point of view 2 "Extra" drinks were ordered from the ten people sitting on the right.
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What does this say about the relationship between Addition and Multiplication ?.
- Check out the price of a pint in your country
http://www.pintprice.com
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