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The selling price of mobiles of 5 companies in different years are presented below: SELLING PRICES OF…

Two models, B and E, have 2023 selling prices below their respective 2019 manufacturing costs. Half the 2019 selling prices gives costs of 2000, 9000, 4750, 5500 and 2250…

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The selling price of mobiles of 5 companies in different years are presented below:
SELLING PRICES OF MOBILES
20192020202120222023
A40003500300025002200
B180001500012000100008500
C95008000750060005000
D110009500800075006000
E45004000350030002000

If the ratio of the manufacturing cost to the selling price of every mobile-phone model of the companies in 2019 is 1 : 2, and manufacturing costs do not change after 2019, then how many models incurred a loss in 2023?

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Two models, B and E, have 2023 selling prices below their respective 2019 manufacturing costs. Half the 2019 selling prices gives costs of 2000, 9000, 4750, 5500 and 2250 for A–E; the corresponding 2023 prices are 2200, 8500, 5000, 6000 and 2000.

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