Question

joe sells snow cones. he makes a proportional amount of profit (p) for every snow cone that he sells (s). the proportional relationship for profit is p=3s. how much profit does he make for each snow cone sold?

Answer 1

s = p/3

Explanation:

You are solving for one snow cone, s, and the given equation is in terms of profit, p.

Simply solve for s by dividing 3 on both sides to get p/3 = s.