what's a rule of thumb?
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A hitchhiking regulation
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NEWBIE, AREN'T YA?\nREAD COMMUNITY GUIDELINES!!!!!
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rules?\nnone of those old, overused ones...
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as long as you know how much you can take in without over doing it.
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A general rule of thumb for restaurants are\n33% for food cost\n33% for labour (inculding yours)\n33% Gross Profit which you will pay your fixed\nexpenses such as rent, insurance, etc.\nRemember these figures are just guides and they\nmay vary a point one way or the other.
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how the hell should we know
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1. C\n2. C\n\nRule of thumb:  if you don't know the answer, choose C.
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It should be between .77 and .78.  You can decide how to round---up or down depending on your teacher's instructions.
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Look up the 80/20 rule.  That is one statistic that is used all the time in many different ways.\n\nStatistics can be invaluable in business.  They can tell you what the average customer is like and what marketing strategies best appeal to them.\n\nYou can also use it to rate a business unit's performance.  For example, 95% of our help desk's calls are answered within 5 minutes and resolved within 8 minutes, with less than 2% of those calls having to be reopened.  Or the average sales associate sells 12 products per day with an average sales revenue of $589 (and then employees who go far over this average may be rewarded and those wo go far below the average may be let go).\n\nOr, if I was a guy who was single and dating, I might determine that 85% of girls will give me their number if I try a certain type of pick up on them.  I might determine that 12% will slap me in the ace if I try a second kind of pickup.  ect...
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If you discount the "sometimes Y" rule, then what about "rhythm"?
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2.0...a D is worth 1.0 and a B is worth 3.0...average them together and you get a 2.0
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Follow these simple rules-
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Any number greater than 1.4 is correct.
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That is a very good rule of thumb (excellent to remember the ballpark numbers for sure). \nOf course, the exact numbers would be a little different from individual to individual (up to 100% in extreme - and rare- cases), but in general it's true.
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You don't say what you do, so it's hard to give a specific answer.\n\nGoals should be well-defined and measurable. For example, to sell 10% more widgets than last year, to make 5% less mistakes than last month, to help x number of customers per week, etc.
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The above answer is correct, on average. \n\nAn OLD rule of thumb (penis?) was to assume 1" of length for every foot of a man's height.
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I agree; c) is the right choice.  The other units are used to measure:\n\na)  power ratio\nb)  pressure\nd)  pressure (again)