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Accuracy of sick people calculation

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Most recent answer on Apr 21, 2021

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Hello! Glad you lieked the case, indeed there are many great ones here in the library. Furthermore, as you very well state, the important thing are not the assumptions -that you can always double check with the int ... (read entire answer)

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Mistake in calculations of pregnant woman market size

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Hello, Your reasoning makes sense, but you have to consider the following: With an average expenditure of €150 per woman per year That means that you have 2 different approaches that you can use: You conside ... (read entire answer)

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Why 11%

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Hi Anonymous, I had a quick look at the case you mentioned. In my understanding it comes from this part: "A new factory in Spain that produces €100 m worth of products". So we are now talking about potential revenu ... (read entire answer)

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Market share

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Hi! No you are not reading the graph in the correct way. The graph shows the following market shares: Chinfoo 45% VitaCo 25% SupCo 20% Other 10% So the biggest 3 players indeed have 90% market share. ... (read entire answer)

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Calculation - Number of People Who are Sick

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Hello, 2% is the population having a cancer in his life. The next step is: if one has a cancer in his life, what is the probability that he has a cancer in this moment? This probability is 5/75, the percentage of the ... (read entire answer)

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Reg: Estimating the total woman population pregnant at any given time

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To make things easier you could also calculate the number of births per year.

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