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Acetylene Volume per Month: Cubic Feet
Average Purchase Cost: Per Hundred
Extra Transportation because of Purchasing Acetylene: Miles per Month
Cost per Mile, including extra loading and unloading at both docks and overhead costs: Per Mile
Distance to Nearest Carbide Manufacturer (Round Trip): Miles
Cost of Carbide: Per Ton
Cost per Mile, carbide hauling: Per Mile
  
Monthly Cost Comparison for Manufacturing Acetylene
An Evaluation and Proposal
  
1.  Acetylene Volume per Month  Cubic Feet
  
2.  Average Purchase Cost Per Hundred Cubic Feet
   
3.  Cylinder Transportation Miles per Month
Cost per Mile
  

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(Miles) (Cost/Mile) (Cost/month) (Volume) 
(Cost per Cubic Foot)
x 100

Cost per Hundred Cubic Feet
  
 4. Carbide Usage - Based on average of 10,300 CFT/ton carbide per year
  
      Cost of Carbide = per ton
\ = x =
(Volume) (Tons) (Cost of Carbide) (Cost/Month)
\ = x =
(Cost/Month) (Volume) (Cost per Hundred)
  
5.  Carbide Hauling Miles to Nearest Distributor
Cost per Mile
  
\ = x = x
(tons of carbide) (Miles/Trip) (Miles/Month
= \ = x =
(Cost/Mile) (Cost/Month) (Volume)
(Cost/Hundred Cubic Feet)
  
6.  Monthly Savings
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(Present Cost)

 (Produced Cost)
=

(Volume)

 Monthly Savings