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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

so oyu know th epurchase price for each flower is 0.50

You know that they will make 40% profit in each flower.

What is 40% of $0.50 ? this how many cents they will make in each flower ...

Start by posting this value here...

Answer 3

So i multiply 40% by 0.50 ? @MrNood

Answer 4

Yes - that is the profit PER flower

Answer 5

So 0.20 is the profit ?

Answer 6

Correct

So how many must they sell to make $1?

How many to make $500?

Answer 7

5 to make $1

2,500 to make $500

Answer 8

Well done - that's correct.

Now just write it in words and equations as the question asks...

Answer 9

Thanks so much ☺

Answer 10

I know i would write 40*0.05=0.20 then 500/0.20=2,500 as the soulution but how would i write the equation ?. Or is that the equation & 2,500 is the solution? @MrNood

Answer 11

The question asks you to write and solve the equation - you have done that part.

It then asks you to Use complete sentences to explain what each number and variable in your equation represents

So you have cost, profit per flower, total target profit, number sold, number required to reach target.......

Answer 12

So the equation is what i wrote ?