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Equation 5 · Part 1 · Astra's 63%-Cheaper Claim Has to Beat a Price Disadvantage Nobody Mentions

Symbol s

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ss

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s is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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s is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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Run that ratio across a stated bracket rather than picking one number and presenting it as fact: ss. At zero cache reuse, the two models cost the same on input tokens — unsurprising, since the base rate ties. From there, every step toward a higher cache-hit share moves the ratio in exactly one direction: against Astra. There is no cache-hit share above 0% at which Astra’s own published rate produces a cheaper input-token bill than Fable 5.1’s, under the equal-token-count assumption. This is not a sensitivity finding that happens to favor one reading over another; it is the direct, unavoidable consequence of a 4x rate gap combined with identical base pricing, and it holds…

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