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
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Solution 2
The boy buys oranges for
cents. He sells them at
for
. So, he buys
for
cents and sells them a
for
cents, so he makes
cents of profit on every
oranges. To make
cents of profit, he needs to sell
, or
oranges.