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Anonymous A
on Oct 06, 2022
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Material cost

Someone please help me understand where the material cost of $1400 comes from in question solution 7.  I am totally confused.

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Mario
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on Oct 07, 2022
Ex-Mckinsey (analyst->associate->manager) and now in tech (Bytedance) + Part time interview coach and mentor

Hi there,

I think the given might not be fully comprehensive. I tried deriving that number from the data in the case but I couldn't. 

In a real interview, this would have been clarified by either giving you the number of giving you clearer data points to calculate it. Don't worry too much about it.

Mario

Ian
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on Oct 07, 2022
Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Hi there,

To be honest, I just went through the case and am also very confused. In my view you can “ignore” this and move on. Don't worry too much about this particular equation (focus your efforts on the next case!)

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