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Am I wrong?

Hello Everyone!

I can't seem to find the right answer to the following case question:

World Cinema is going to make an investment of $255 000 to open 3 new cinema rooms. 30% of the total investment will go to marketing costs, which equals three-fourths of the construction costs. The remaining amount goes to operation costs of the 3 cinema rooms in 1 year. How much does it cost to operate 1 cinema room in a month?

After calculation, I find Marketing Costs (76 500$), Construction Costs (102 000$) and Total Operation Costs for 3 cinema rooms in a year (76 500$) so Operation Costs for 1 cinema room in a month (2 125$).

Does someone know why is the solution supposed to be 2 550$?

Thanks in advance for your insights!

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Sidi
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on Feb 10, 2020
McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 400+ candidates secure MBB offers

Agree with you and Vlad on the result. The given solution seems flawed.

Cheers, Sidi

Vlad
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on Feb 09, 2020
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Hi,

Got 2125 as well

Best

Ian
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on Feb 10, 2020
Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Same as the others here. Note that ~5% of cases in my experience have some kind of math error...the creators are human after all!

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on Feb 10, 2020

Confirmed, I've got the same number as others.

Good luck,

André

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Clara
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on Feb 10, 2020
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Agree with your result. 

Do you know the source of the case? Worth double-checking with them where the discrepancies come from (I don´t think that someone who publishes a case makes a silly mistake like this, there must be a piece of info that got lost in the way)

Cheers, 

Clara

Luca
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on Feb 11, 2020
BCG |NASA | SDA Bocconi & Cattolica partner | GMAT expert 780/800 score | 200+ students coached

I confirm 2125$

on Feb 11, 2020
McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

No, you are not wrong :)

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