The formula is straightforward but needs to be detailed: Take a given product's revenue and subtract what it costs to bring it to the customer.

虽然能直接明了地套用公式，但仍需要细化工作：拿既有产品的收入减去维护客户所需的成本。

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The intent was to slow the growth of Medicare costs, but the result was a formula that has proposed cutting payments for America's doctors year after year after year.

其本意是想放缓医保支出的增长速度，但结果却使其成为一年一年又一年地降低医生薪资的方案。

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It is used to devise the scientific and reasonable formula for users, and helps to increase the feed utilization efficiency and reduce the costs of feed production.

其能为用户设计科学、合理饲料配方，有助于提高饲料利用效率和降低饲料生产成本。

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"The days when they could just toss out the 100, 200, 400m euros a year, which is what Formula One costs those big companies, I think they are finished, " he said.

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Adding capacity and dropping costs is a formula for an incendiary rise in information traffic.

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While the formula helps investors compare specific costs, it doesn't tell the whole story.

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