Question

The students at Midtown Middle school sold flowers as a fundraiser in September and October. In October, they charged $1.50 for each flower. The October price was a 20% increase of the September price.

Part A
What was the price of the flowers in September?

Enter your answer in the box.

$
Part B
The seventh-grade class earned 40% of the selling price of each flower.

In September, they sold 900 flowers.
In October, they sold 700 flowers.

Select a choice from each drop-down menu to make a true statement.

The seventh-grade class earned more money in by

Answer 1

help pls

Answer 2

do you know percentage already?

Answer 3

noi need help bro pls

Answer 4

ok when we say 20%, it means 20 per 100 or 20/100 or 0.2...

Answer 5

oh ok
do u know the answer bro
pls

Answer 6

ok for Part A... if P is the price for September, $1.50 for October, it is the 20% increase of P in September, therefore we solve for P, the equation which I want you to solve is \[P+0.2P=1.50\]

Answer 7

i dont know how to do that

Answer 8

thats why im asking for help can u help me bro

Answer 9

@Orion1213

Answer 10

all you have to do is perform the arithmetic operations on like terms such as P, what is 1 + 0.2?

Answer 11

ok let me try

Answer 12

1.2

Answer 13

@Orion1213

Answer 14

so you'll have\[1.2\times P=1.50\]now what is the reverse of multiplication, that is the operation for you to solve P... you get 1.50 when you 1.2 to a number P... so how will you solve P?

Answer 15

division

Answer 16

yup

Answer 17

so how will you do it?

Answer 18

1.2xp=1.5

Answer 19

i think thats how

Answer 20

@Orion1213

Answer 21

solve for p, you said division....

Answer 22

0.8

Answer 23

i'll give you a pattern, 2 x 3 = 6, if i replace M for 3, it will be 2 x M = 6, how will i get M = 3? we get 3 when we divide 6 by 2, and so M = 6/2 = 3

Answer 24

@Orion1213

Answer 25

i solved for p and got 0.8 @Orion1213

Answer 26

it seems not... how did you perform it...

Answer 27

see the pattern i gave...

Answer 28

1.2 divided by p =1.50

Answer 29

thats what i did

Answer 30

@Orion1213

Answer 31

amd got 0.8

Answer 32

could it be \[P=\frac{1.5}{1.2}\]

Answer 33

so P = $1.25 for September, 0.25 is the 20% of it... so if we increase 20% by October, it will be 1.25 + 0.25 = 1.50... hope you understand it...

Answer 34

ok so whats the answer

Answer 35

haven't you read between the lines... my last reply?

Answer 36

we're solving for P...

Answer 37

im sorry im just really confused

Answer 38

this is new to me i just moved to us and it hard sorry bro

Answer 39

all you need is to put an interest in the subject...

Answer 40

'cause if you don't have any interest to learn MATH, you wouldn't learn MATH at all... even a simple arithmetic operation will be hard for you....

Answer 41

in my country they teach completly diffrent