Question

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 1

ok

Answer 2

wow

Answer 3

first think of a high number to multiply 50 cents y to get five hudrend

Answer 4

thankyou

Answer 5

your welcome

Answer 6

its 1000

Answer 7

ok good

Answer 8

now about the 40 percent letsseeibelive you multiply that times your awnser

Answer 9

i figured it out you take 40% and multiply it by .50 to get .2 then you multiply .2 by 2500 to get a profit of $500.

Answer 10

correct

Answer 11

good work