A retailer spent $48 to purchase a number of special mugs. Two of them were broken in the store, but by selling each of the reaming mugs for $3 above the original cost per mug, she made a total profit of $22. Construct an equation that will allow us to solve for the number of mugs, denoted by n, that were originally purchased
a. if the price for n mugs is $48, how can we express the cost per mug
b. We are told that the retailer, in order to make a specific profit, sells the remaining mugs for $3 more the the original cost per mug. Using this information, and your answer to step (a) how can we express the selling price per mug?
c. since two of the mugs were broken in the store, how can we represent the number of mugs that are available for sale?
d. Use the answers from step (b) and (c) to construct an expression for the amount of money made on the sale of the remaining mugs
e. Write an equation that states this relationship between the money made, the cost, and the profit
2006-08-28
06:43:52
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Matthew B
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