Story of a Robot

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[2.12] Calculations

Mizukane

on Dec. 15, 2007

HOORAY FOR 50 PAGES!

And thanks for Kirsten. I am so terrible at maths that she had to work out these calculations for me. She's not entirely sure that they're correct so, if you really want to check them, here they are:

Regalia Accountancy:

112 branches worldwide. Represents 2,500,000 clients as of 2067.
Roughly 500,000 robots that account worldwide.

2067 Revenue £52.2 billion
Expenses £634,855


The London Branch:

8706 robots in total.
7000 robots that actually account. Represents 1,400 clients as of 2067.

2067 Revenue £612 million


Reduction:

145 robots (all purchased at the start of 2067) removed from London Branch permanently.
Each costs £2999.
5 robots to 1 client.
1 robot can do 100 units of work in a day (in a 20 hour shift and a 4 hour recharge).
700,000 units of work in total (for the London Branch). Will have to be done by 6855 robots.

How many clients could Regalia lose?
How much extra work must the remaining robots have to do?
How much money does Regalia lose in the long term?
This is the cost of the removed robots plus the revenue generated by each client.


Kirsten�s working:
£434, 855 worth of robot.
7,000 robots @ 700,000 units per day = 255,500,000 units per year
6855 robots @ 685500 units per day = 250,207,500
loosing 5292500 units per year which needs to be made up
5293500 units divided by 6855 robots = 772 units
which would take 7.72 extra days
so for the 6855 robots to do in a year what 7,000 robots did it would take an extra weeks worth of work
5 robots per client… so 6855 robots represents 1,371 clients
whereas 7,000 robots represented 1,400 clients
so the 145 robots removed represents 29 clients
so 612,000,000 divided by the 1,400 clients is 467,142.85
so each client represents 467,142.85 worth of revenue
so x that by the 29 clients the 145 robot losses represents = 12,677,142

2% additional work per robot.
Every year an additional weeks worth of work.
29 clients lost.
Each client represents 467,142.85 worth of revenue.
£12,677,142
£13,111,997 loss.