{"id":"data2-price-volume-scenarios-table","audience":"finance","category":"data","track":"data","technique":"verification","level":"advanced","title":"Build a price and volume scenario table with the math shown","free":false,"task":"Your CFO wants three price-change scenarios compared with today's revenue. Make one markdown table with columns Scenario, Calculation, Revenue and Change vs base, one row for the base case and each of the three scenarios, then one last line 'Best scenario:' naming the highest revenue. Show price x volume in Calculation, round percents to one decimal, plain text apart from the table, under 110 words.","materialLabel":"Base case and scenarios (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Pricing scenarios - Harbor Candle Co. (annual, one product)\n\nBase case: price $40, volume 10,000 units, revenue $400,000.\n\nScenario 1: price +5%, volume falls 3%.\nScenario 2: price +10%, volume falls 8%.\nScenario 3: price +10%, volume falls 12%.\n\nNotes:\n- Apply the percent changes to the base price and base volume, not to each other.\n- Revenue = price x volume.\n- Change vs base = (scenario revenue - $400,000) / $400,000, with a plus or minus sign.\n- Volume changes are estimates from last year's price test.\n- Costs are out of scope for this table.\n- The CFO will read the Best scenario line aloud.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":110}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Stacking the changes","why":"The AI applies the volume drop to the new revenue instead of the base volume.","fix":"Add: \"Apply percent changes to base price and base volume separately.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Revenue without working","why":"The AI lists revenue only.","fix":"Add: \"Calculation column like $42 x 9,700.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No final pick","why":"The AI describes all scenarios and never names the best.","fix":"Add: \"Last line: Best scenario: ... (revenue).\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Leaving the format to chance","why":"The AI picks its own length and layout unless told the exact shape.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold or headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["scenario ?\\||calculation"]},{"label":"Gives the inputs","patterns":["42","9,?700","44"]},{"label":"Gives the percent rule","patterns":["\\(revenue ?- ?\\$?400,?000\\)|vs base"]},{"label":"Asks for the best line","patterns":["best scenario"]},{"label":"Cuts extras","patterns":["nothing else","no intro"]}],"hint":"Scenario math needs the inputs spelled out. Give the AI the computed prices and volumes so it only multiplies.","mission":"Compare these pricing scenarios.","musts":["Calculation in every row","Percent change vs base","Best scenario line"],"rubricLabels":["Scenario 1 shows $42 x 9,700 = $407,400 (+1.9%) and Scenario 2 shows $44 x 9,200 = $404,800 (+1.2%)","Scenario 3 shows $44 x 8,800 = $387,200 (-3.2%), and the base row shows $40 x 10,000 = $400,000","The last line is 'Best scenario:' naming Scenario 1 ($407,400), and the table has columns Scenario, Calculation, Revenue and Change vs base"]}