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When is When is good ordergood order important? important?
• How does doing things step-by-step relate to good order?
• How does taking things day-by-day relate to good order?
Baby Gibson’s AuntBaby Gibson’s Aunt
By
Richard Holden
OverviewOverview
• The characters
• Bad news/good news
• Calculating the good
• More bad news
• Calculating the bad
• Conclusion and final
thoughts
Rufus HenryRufus Henry
• On parole from Pine Valley Honor Camp
• Lives in the “Flats”– Durango housing
project
• Lives with mother, sister and brother
• Hero is Ernie Brown, halfback for Cleveland Corsairs
Walter “Baby” GibsonWalter “Baby” Gibson
• Rufus’ best friend• Huge and powerful for
his age• Belongs to the Moors,
a street gang• Impulsive• Comes to Rufus with
good news/bad news
Baby Gibson’s Aunt SallyBaby Gibson’s Aunt Sally
• Bad news:– Terminally ill
• Good news:– Leaving all to “Baby”
• House• Belongings• Savings• Classic car
– Splitting all with Rufus• Each will get half
How Much?How Much?
“So how much are we talking about, Baby?”
Aunt Sally’s HouseAunt Sally’s House
• Assessed at $25,000• Needs repairs of $5000• Set aside costs:
– Insurance: $500– Taxes: 2% of assessed
value
[25,000 – 5000 – 500 – .02(25,000)] = Money from House
BelongingsBelongings
• Cost of most furniture– New: $9,000– Currently: 1/3 new price
• Cost of antique rocker– New: $500– Currently: 5 times the
cost new
(9,000 ÷ 3 + 5*500) = Money from Belongings
SavingsSavings
• $500 cash• $1,500 checking• $3,000 bonds• $5,000 CDs
Debt• Credit card debt is
$2,500
(500 + 1,500 + 3,000 + 5,000 – 2,500) = Money from Savings
Classic CarClassic Car
• Original cost: $2,000• Value in 1980: $500• Value Dec 99: $1,000• Since December
2000, it has doubled in value each of the past 5 years!
1,000 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 = (1,000 * 25 ) = Money from Car
Rufus Computes His ShareRufus Computes His Share
House: [25,000 – 5000 – 500 – .02(25,000)] +
Belongings: (9,000 ÷ 3 + 5*500) +
Savings: (500 + 1,500 + 3,000 + 5,000 – 2,500) +
Car: (1,000 * 25)
Rufus will get one-half of all this money, so—
Rufus’ Share = ½{[25,000 – 5000 – 500 – .02(25,000)] + (9,000 ÷ 3 + 5*500) + (500 + 1,500 + 3,000 + 5,000 – 2,500) + (1,000 * 25) }
Bad News from Aunt Sally!Bad News from Aunt Sally!
Bad News Passed to Rufus:Bad News Passed to Rufus:
“Please excuse my dear aunt Sally”
• She had an accident– Destroyed her car– Had no insurance– Had to pay for other
car she hit
Rufus Remembers the Order of Rufus Remembers the Order of Operations Operations
• Please
• Excuse
• My Dear
• Aunt Sally
• Parenthesis: ( ), [ ], { },
• Exponents
• Multiplication or Division (in order left to right)
• Addition or Subtraction (in order left to right)
Rufus Calculates His “Would Be Rufus Calculates His “Would Be Gain”Gain”
½{[25,000 – 5000 – 500 – .02(25,000)] + (9,000 ÷ 3 + 5*500) + (500 + 1,500 + 3,000 + 5,000 – 2,500) + (1,000 * 25) }
First, work within each inner parentheses:= ½{[25,000 – 5000 – 500 – 500] + (3000 + 2500)
+ (7,500) + (1,000 * 32)}= ½{[19,000] + (5,500) + (7,500) + (32,000)}= ½ {64,000}= $32,000
Rufus Asks About DamagesRufus Asks About Damages
So how much does the accident set us back, Baby??
Aunt Sally loses her car and has to pay $32,000 in damages to the other driver
Rufus Computes His Share of Rufus Computes His Share of LossLoss
• = – ½ [Car value before accident + 32,000]
• = – ½ [(1,000 * 25) + 32,000]• = – ½ [(1,000 * 32) + 32,000]• = – ½ [(32,000) + 32,000]• = – ½ [64,000]• = – $32,000
Rufus Passes on His Rufus Passes on His CalculationsCalculations
That leaves us exactly zero!
Guess we’re no worse off than when we started, Ruf.
Rufus Summarizes the DayRufus Summarizes the DayI guess the moral of this is that we need to depend more on ourselves
Rufus Summarizes the DayRufus Summarizes the Day
But, more importantly, right now we need to quit thinking about us and help your poor Aunt Sally!!
CreditsCredits
• Character names taken from book, Durango Street, by Frank Bonham– Rufus Henry– Walter “Baby”
Gibson• Pictures and graphics
from MicroSoft’s Clips Online
Next Story: “Finished”