Bed Bath & Beyond interview question

An item cost 4 dollars each. You need to return a profit of 1 million dollars. Each item sells for 6 dollars. How many items must you sell to receive that profit.

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Anonymous

13 Jul 2016

If you cannot answer this question through basic algebra you should not be applying for a job like this.

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Anonymous

27 Sept 2016

hmmm...lets see...you have a $2 margin on each product, and you need to make $1M profit, so .... $1M/$2 = 500,000 units. Simple.

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