SOLUTION: 1. if a box of 20 candies is bought at 15 and sold at 1.25 per piece, what percent of the revenue is the profit. 2.

SOLUTION: 1. if a box of 20 candies is bought at 15 and sold at 1.25 per piece, what percent of the revenue is the profit. 2.

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Question 1027985: 1. if a box of 20 candies is bought at 15 and sold at 1.25 per piece, what percent of the revenue is the profit. 2.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If one sells 20 candies at $1.25 each, they get $25. That is $10 profit.
To find what percentage of the revenue is profit, we divide 10 by 25 and convert to a decimal...
10/25 = .4 = 40%
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