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Tables Used

products

Column	Type
productid	bigint
name	text
description	text
category	text
price	double precision
supplierid	bigint
stockquantity	bigint

suppliers

Column	Type
supplierid	bigint
name	text
originplanet	text
contactinfo	text
rating	double precision

Expected Output

Column
supplierid
suppliername
averageprice
pricingtier

37. Supplier Pricing Pyramid

Divide suppliers into 3 pricing bands based on average product cost.

Xorthax is evaluating suppliers based on the average price of the products they supply. Divide suppliers into 3 pricing tiers.

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