HELP!

1.Angelica's service club is selling flowers for a fundraiser. Each flower costs them $0.50 to purchase. They set the sale price of each flower at the purchase price plus 40%. Write and solve an equation to determine how many flowers they will need to sell to make a profit of $500. Use complete sentences to explain what each number and variable in your equation represents. Write your solution in the context of the original problem.

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HELP!

1.Angelica's service club is selling flowers for a fundraiser. Each flower costs them $0.50 to purchase. They set the sale price of each flower at the purchase price plus 40%. Write and solve an equation to determine how many flowers they will need to sell to make a profit of $500. Use complete sentences to explain what each number and variable in your equation represents. Write your solution in the context of the original problem.

anonymous · Answer

.4 * $.5 +.$5 * f - $.5 *f=500 To make a profit of $500, the number of flowers (f) she sells has to be equal to 40% of $.50 -the $.50 she spent on the flowers

anonymous · Answer

sale price = .50(.40) + .50 = .20 + .50 = .70
which means they make .20 cents off of each flower sold

.20f = 500
f = 500/.20
f = 2500

check...
.50(2500) = 1250 what it costs the service club

.70(2500) = 1750 what they make from selling the flowers

1750 - 1250 = 500 leaving them a $500 profit

anonymous · Answer

Thank you

anonymous · Answer

no problem :)