You bought 480 early-weaned pigs weighing 12 pounds for $36.50 each. You had a 3.1 percent loss. These pigs were finished 170 days later weighing 253 pounds.

a. What did the pigs cost?
b. How many pigs did you have at the end of 170 days?
c. What was the actual cost per pig?


a. $17,520
b. 465 pigs
c. $37.68

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