SOLUTION: a man is selling car and bought a car for 3,500 and sold the car for 5,500 and made 50.00 off of each car how many cars did he have?

Question 189570: a man is selling car and bought a car for 3,500 and sold the car for 5,500 and made 50.00 off of each car how many cars did he have?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let x= number of cars

Profit = Selling - Cost
P = $5,500 - $3,500 = $2,000

If $50 Profit per each car, it follows:
x=$2000/$50
x=40, Total cars
*Note, quite a lot of cars for $2000 profit?

Thank you,
Jojo
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