Question

Your little brother start a new business selling lemonade. he spend a total of 15.82 for supplies and sells lemonade on the first day for $0.50 a glass he made a total profit of 6.18. write an equation that can be sloved to find the number of the glasses he sold

Answer 1

Given

Cost = C = 15.82

Profit = P = 6.18

Sold 1 glass 0.50

Number of glasses sold = x

Equation

P = x*0.5 - C

Solve

6.18 = x*0.5 - 15.82 Add 15.82 to both sides

6.18 + 15.82 = 0.5x

22 = 0.5x Divide by 0.5

22/0.5 = x

x = 44

He sold 44 glasses of Lemonade to make 6.18 profit.