Total cost is the exact sum of the two groups.

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Add the groups

Total cost adds conformance and nonconformance.

total=conformance+nonconformance\text{total}=\text{conformance}+\text{nonconformance}
Cost totalsThe chart groups the four buckets into conformance and nonconformance totals.cost totalstotal 60; nonconformance share 2/3preventionconformance12appraisalconformance8internal failurenonconformance15external failurenonconformance25conformance 20nonconformance 40external share 5/12bucketgroupcostpreventionconformance12appraisalconformance8internal failurenonconformance15external failurenonconformance25deterministic cost-bucket arithmetic only

Total cost

Total cost is 60.

20+40=6020 + 40 = 60
Cost totalsThe chart groups the four buckets into conformance and nonconformance totals.cost totalstotal 60; nonconformance share 2/3preventionconformance12appraisalconformance8internal failurenonconformance15external failurenonconformance25conformance 20nonconformance 40external share 5/12bucketgroupcostpreventionconformance12appraisalconformance8internal failurenonconformance15external failurenonconformance25deterministic cost-bucket arithmetic only