Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Florida Tomatoes

Question:

If Nate goes to Lowe's and buys 8 Tomato plants which cost 3.98 plus tax is it worth his investment?


Answer:

8 Tomato plants times 3.98 = $31.84 + sales tax 6.5% = $33.91
Nate harvests 128 ounces of Tomatoes = 8lbs.

Price per pound $4.24 Yikes!


Lesson: Keep watering your tomatoe plants, keep harvesting, and plant 2nd generation tomatoes from the seeds of the 1st generation tomatoes and watch the price per ounce continue to fall.

Nate-

P.S. I hope Mrs. McDonald my 10th grade math teacher gets a chance to read this post.

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