Question

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. please help step by step i need to really learn this

Answer 1

Well the instructions tell you to write an equation.
Do you know how to start it?

Answer 2

no:(

Answer 3

So, they need to make a profit of $500. That means the equation has to equal 500.
For example 150+.9=500(this isn't what your equation will be, this is just an example!)

Answer 4

I'm sorry, my mistake 150 should have been 150x. So 150x+.9=500.

Answer 5

Do you know what 40% is in decimal form?

Answer 6

is it .40?

Answer 7

Yes, now you need to put a variable after .50, since we are finding how many flowers to sell. So if each flower is selling for $0.50, we need a variable to represent how many flowers to sell. So $0.50x would work.

Answer 8

alrightt!

Answer 9

So we have \[$0.50x +.4\] and we need it to equal 500, right?

Answer 10

yes

Answer 11

So,\[$0.50x+.4=500\] would be your equation. Now, the directions say you need to solve it as well.

Answer 12

how do I solve that:O

Answer 13

x= 999.2 ??

Answer 14

@imbehindascreen ?

Answer 15

;c okay