In a sale promotional campaign by Assamadiya frozen foods on 02/01/2025,80% of first new year Monday (02/1/2015),slaughtered cows is given out to customer as free beef prizes based on on previous years patronage. There are free beef prizes altogether, the first prize winner gets 10,950 kgs of beef,the second gets 3,645 kgs the third 1,215 kgs as so on. how much beef(kgs) does the eight person get? how much free prizes is there altogether how much beef (kgs) was realized on first new year Monday (]2/01/2025) Assuming each kilogram of beef cost 800 naira,what is the total value of beef realized from the slaughtered cows on the new year? if the inflationary trend increasing by 2% monthly,what would have been the total value of beef realized from the slaughtered cows as at 01/12/2025?
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5 stepsCalculate the amount of beef the eighth person gets.
The prizes form a geometric progression.
The first term is .
The common ratio is found by dividing the second term by the first term:The formula for the -th term of a geometric progression is .
For the eighth person ():The eighth person gets of beef.
Determine the total number of free prizes.
We need to find the number of terms for which the prize amount is at least 1 kg (a reasonable minimum for a "prize").
To solve for , we take the logarithm base 3 of both sides:
Using the change of base formula, :
Since must be an integer, the maximum number of prizes is 9.
There are free prizes altogether.Calculate the total beef (kgs) realized on 02/01/2025.
First, calculate the total amount of beef given as prizes (), which is the sum of the first 9 terms of the geometric progression.
The formula for the sum of a geometric series is .This amount () represents 80% of the total beef realized from slaughtered cows. Let be the total beef realized.
The total beef realized on 02/01/2025 was .
Calculate the total value of beef realized from the slaughtered cows on the new year.
The total beef realized is (from Step 3).
The cost per kilogram is 800 naira.
Total value = Total beef Cost per kgThe total value of beef realized was .
Calculate the total value of beef realized as at 01/12/2025, assuming a 2% monthly inflation.
The initial value (PV) on 02/01/2025 is (from Step 4).
The monthly inflation rate is .
The number of months () from 02/01/2025 to 01/12/2025 is 11 months (February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December).
The future value (FV) with compound inflation is given by .The total value of beef realized as at 01/12/2025 would have been .
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