Question

Haley buys 18 bars of chocolate which cost her $5.40. TO raise money for charity she sells them at 40 cents each. She manages the sell them all.what is haley's percentage profit ?

Answer 1

33.333...% over the base 100% (100% is representing the $5.40)

Explanation:

she gets $7.20 from selling the 18 chocolate bars

7.20 divided by 5.40 is 1.3333...

the 1 in 1.3333... represents the base 5.40 and the 0.3333... represents the profit