Where do you buy your coffee?
Do you prefer Starbucks or Tim Hortons?
Is it cheaper to buy coffee from Tim Hortons or Starbucks?
Teachers have argued since the beginning of the school year over this topic, is their favorite morning drink, the medium double double coffee, cheaper at Tim Hortons, or at starbucks? Today we'll find out.
Starbucks sizes
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Tim Hortons sizes
Coffee price at starbucks
At Starbucks, the price of your coffee depends on the size you choose . The equation would look something like this:
Let 'c' equal total cost
Let 's' equal size difference
c = 1.25s-0.25
Coffee price at tim hortons
At Tim Hortons, price per size would be a bit different but the equation stays much the same.
Let 'c' equal total cost
Let 's' equal size difference
c = s+0.5
Point of intersection
In conclusion
Now we know which chain has the cheaper coffee per size, even so, teachers still argue over which coffee tastes better, we will leave that to the science unit.
It seems that in general the coffee at Tim Hortons is more expensive but the large size actually costs the same at both locations while the extra large is more expensive at Starbucks.