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

@ganeshie8

Answer 2

I can help you, if you'd like.

Answer 3

ok

Answer 4

First we need to decide how much they are selling each flower for. It says they are charging what they paid, which is 50cents per flower plus 40cents over. Can you find from that info how much they are selling each flower for?

Answer 5

90 cents? sorry if this is wrong i am really tired and i cant think today

Answer 6

Convert 50cents to .5 and convert 40% to .4. This is your equation in words: 50 cents plus 40% of 50 cents...Translated into numbers and symbols we get .5 + .4(.5) = what?
The word "of" means to multiply and the word "is" is an equals sign. How much do they charge per flower if they are charging .5 + .4(.5)?

Answer 7

.5 + .4(.5) = 0.7???

Answer 8

Yes, that's right! They are charging 70cents per flower. Now here's where you set up your equation. How many flowers do they need to sell to get $500. Or here's another way to word it: $500 equals how many flowers at .70 each? Can you take a stab at writing the equation from that? If you can't do it I will not leave you without an answer, just try it.

Answer 9

The word "at" means to multiply, as well.

Answer 10

500 = x * .70

Answer 11

Right again! Now solve it. .7x = 500. How do you solve for x? What do you get?

Answer 12

x=714.285714285714 :|

Answer 13

No, that's right! You're right! But of course they can't sell .28 of a flower, so in order to make $500 they have to sell 715 flowers. You got it! See, that wasn't too bad, was it?

Answer 14

haha no it wasnt! thanks! :)

Answer 15

You're very welcome!