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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Unsubsidised tea?
p.107 (6) If 1 lb. of unsubsidised tea costs 5/6, how many francs would buy 1 kilogram? (Ans. to nearest whole franc). (1 Kilogram=2.2 lbs.; 1097 francs=£1).
What? What was subsidised tea?
For youngsters: 5/6 means 5 shillings and 6 pence.
p46 (6) provides some data on subsidies: The prices per pound are given as:
ReplyDeleteSugar: subsidised 4d., unsubs. 7d.
Tea: subs. 2s. 8d., unsubs. 5s. 4d.
Butter: subs. 2s. 6d., unsubs. 3s. 6d.