Can someone help me with percentages for a second?

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anonymous · Answer

any particular one?

anonymous · Answer

shoot :)

beatboxingfetus · Answer

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.

beatboxingfetus · Answer

I really suck at math. I just need to know how to do this

anonymous · Answer

0.50 = 100%
0.005 = 1%
(0.50 + 0.005(40))x = 500

anonymous · Answer

Solve for x. x = number of flowers that needs to be purchase to make $500

beatboxingfetus · Answer

thank you!

beatboxingfetus · Answer

@Sadworld would x be 714.29?

beatboxingfetus · Answer

or just 714. i guess

anonymous · Answer

714, I don't know if you can sell .29 flowers.

anonymous · Answer

You can round it up to 715, I guess.

beatboxingfetus · Answer

i know omg i realized xD

beatboxingfetus · Answer

we can chop off a few leaves i can sell those thats like .29  of a flower

beatboxingfetus · Answer

nah ill just leave it to 714. Thank you for helping me!.

anonymous · Answer

lols, I'm glad to help :)