When is good order important? How does doing things step-by-step relate to good order? How does taking things day-by-day relate to good order?

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

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