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A clothing store bought 100 shirts for $x. If the store sold
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19 Aug 2018, 03:38
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A clothing store bought 100 shirts for $x. If the store sold all of the shirts at the same price for a total of $50, what is the store’s profit per shirt, in dollars, in terms of x?
(A) \(50 - \frac{x}{100}\)
(B) \(50 - x\)
(C) \(5 - x\)
(D) \(0.5 - x\)
(E) \(0.5 - \frac{x}{100}\)
(A) \(50 - \frac{x}{100}\)
(B) \(50 - x\)
(C) \(5 - x\)
(D) \(0.5 - x\)
(E) \(0.5 - \frac{x}{100}\)
Re: A clothing store bought 100 shirts for $x. If the store sold
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19 Oct 2018, 13:44
19 Oct 2018, 13:44
Hi!
How do you do the work for this problem? Anyone know?
How do you do the work for this problem? Anyone know?
Re: A clothing store bought 100 shirts for $x. If the store sold
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19 Oct 2018, 19:55
19 Oct 2018, 19:55
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ayesupatham wrote:
Hi!
How do you do the work for this problem? Anyone know?
How do you do the work for this problem? Anyone know?
Hi,
It is quite straightforward forward and you can do it in two ways..
1) Algebraic..
100 for X but sold for 50..
Thus overall profit is (50-x)..
But we are looking for profit per piece = \(\frac{50-x}{100}=0.5-\frac{X}{100}\)
E
2) substitute a value for X
Let X = 40
So profit = 50-40=10
Per piece = 10/100=0.1
Check choices for this answer..
Only E gives you 0.1 as answer 0.5-40/100=0.5-0.4=0.1
E
