SOLUTION: A troop of girl scouts vote to give .25 cents to a homeless shelter for each box of cookies they sell. How many boxes of cookies do they need to sell to reach or exceed their goal

Question 1105025: A troop of girl scouts vote to give .25 cents to a homeless shelter for each box of cookies they sell. How many boxes of cookies do they need to sell to reach or exceed their goal of $120?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, richwmiller:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A troop of girl scouts vote to give .25 cents to a homeless shelter for each box of cookies they sell. How many boxes of cookies do they need to sell to reach or exceed their goal of $120?
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Each box --> 0.25 cents = $0.0025
210/0.0025 = 84000 boxes
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Do you really mean a quarter of one cent ? That is what .25 cents means .
or do you mean a quarter of a dollar ie 25 cents?
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