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. Create an equation, then use complete sentences to explain what each number and variable in your equation represents. Write your solution in the context of the original problem.
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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. Create an equation, then use complete sentences to explain what each number and variable in your equation represents. Write your solution in the context of the original problem.
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