Question

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.

Answer 1

questions: What does .50 represent? Each flower.
What does 40% represent? added to the purchase price.
What does 500 represent? amount of flowers need to be sold.
Choose a variable and state what it represents: P = the profit they make.
Write your equation: .50+40%=p
Show the solution:


i just need help with sovleing

Answer 2

oh ok so how do i show the solution

Answer 3

.50 represents the cost of each flower
40% is the additional cost per flower
500 is the profit
.50x + .40x = 500
Each flower will have 20 cents tacked on because .50*40% = 0.20
.70x = 500
x = 500/.7
x = 714.28 must sell 715 flowers

Answer 4

thank you

Answer 5

You're welcome. I'm sure there are lots of other ways to solve the problem.

Answer 6

@blackfireskull

Answer 7

so you think its right?

Answer 8

but other than that, yes. it is correct! :)