Question

HELP PLEASE!!!

Answer 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 2

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Answer 3

$0.50 to purchase
sale price = .50(1.40) = $ 0.70
this means they make $ 0.20 profit per flower
0.20f = 500
f = 500/0.20
f = 2500
Angelica's service club would have to sell 2500 flowers to clear a profit of $500
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