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Point-Cost Balancing: Value Scores, Fair Costs, Over- and Under-Costed Units

Lesson 7 of 817 minLab

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In this lesson

You score five units with a weighted value formula, turn the scores into fair point costs anchored on a reference unit, label each unit over-costed, under-costed or fair and round the new costs to the game's step of 5.

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