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> one factory worker can meet the material needs of 1+N consumers. Non native speaker here from the Netherlands. What meaning is implied in your usage of 1+N?
by bruce343434 4y ago
> one factory worker can meet the material needs of 1+N consumers.
Non native speaker here from the Netherlands. What meaning is implied in your usage of 1+N?
- jackcosgrove 4y agoN being a positive number, maybe fractional. So one factory worker assembling sinks can supply sinks for five households. Of course there's a team of workers assembling the sinks, but you get the idea. In this example N=4.
- bruce343434 4y agobut why +1? Is this an obscure reference to the N+1 problem that ORMs face?
- rbetts 4y agoThe worker (1) + N more...
- Michelangelo11 4y agoI think it's just supposed to mean "that one worker can provide stuff for more than one person," i.e. manufacturing scales.