Question

Kevin runs a café. Every day the café is open he earns money in sales and spends money on supplies. After costs, how much more money did Kevin make on Saturday than on Friday?

Day Sales:
Monday $512.87
Friday $735.90
Saturday $807.31

Supply Costs
$200.92
$232.86
$289.00​

Answer 1

$15.27

Explanation:

You want to know how much more profit Kevin made on Saturday than on Friday, if his revenue and expenses for the two days were ...

• Saturday: $807.31 revenue; 289.00 expenses
• Friday: $735.90 revenue; $232.86 expenses

Profit

The profit each day is the difference between revenue and expenses:

Saturday profit = $807.31 -289.00 = $518.31

Friday profit = $735.90 -232.86 = $503.04

Difference

The profit on Saturday exceeded the profit on Friday by ...

$518.31 -503.04 = $15.27

Kevin made $15.27 more on Saturday than Friday.

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