Question

an animal shelter has 200 calendars to sell at a fair as a fundraiser each of the calendars cost $3 to make the shelters hopes to sell all the calendars and make a total profit of 1800. a) what should the selling price of each calendar be? b) if the shelter hopes to make a profit of $2000 wha should the selling price of each calendar be? Explain your reasoning

Answer 1

Divide both profit totals by 200. Then add 3 to each answer.

200÷1800=9+3=11

200÷2000=10+3=13