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.

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

hint:

$$\Large \text{sale price} = \text{purchase price}+0.40\times\left(\text{purchase price}\right)$$

the "0.40" refers to the 40%. This is known as the markup.

anonymous · Answer

ok

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

let me know if that's enough to get started

anonymous · Answer

im still confused im not very good at algebra

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

what's the purchase price?

anonymous · Answer

all i know is they need to make a $500 profit

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

they give it to you in the problem

anonymous · Answer

i think they would need to sell 2500 flowers

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

how did you get that number?

anonymous · Answer

0.20f = 500 
f = 500/0.20

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

very good, the sale price is $0.70 so they make 20 cents per flower

anonymous · Answer

ahh ok

anonymous · Answer

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