1953 AHSME Problems/Problem 1
A boy buys oranges at for cents. He will sell them at for cents. In order to make a profit of , he must sell:
Solution
The boy buys oranges for cents or orange for cents. He sells them at cents each. That means for every orange he sells, he makes a profit of cents.
To make a profit of cents, he needs to sell
~mathsolver101
Solution 2
The boy buys oranges for cents. He sells them at for cents. So, he buys for cents and sells them at for cents, so he makes cents of profit on every oranges. To make cents of profit, he needs to sell oranges.
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