A tale of three bottles

Aspirin 140 - 125 - 100

These three bottles of aspirin were bought over the past couple of years at a local dollar store.  During that that time, the price has remained the same - one dollar per bottle.  A closer look at the labels tells a different story.  The quantity in each bottle has gone down.

Some numbers:

Price per aspirin:

$1.00 for 140 aspirin = $$0.007143 = 0.715 cents each

$1.00 for 125 aspirin = $0.008 = 0.8 cents each

$1.00 for 100 aspirin = $0.01 = 1 cents each

If the quantity remained the same but the price went up:

140 aspirin (at 140 price per) = $1.00

140 aspirin (at 125 price per) = $1.12

140 aspirin (at 100 price per) = $1.40

100 aspirin (at 140 price per) = $0.72

100 aspirin (at 125 price per) = $0.80

100 aspirin (at 100 price per) = $1.00

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