SOLUTION: An artist sells earrings from a booth at a fair. Rent for the booth is $250. The artist makes $6 from each pair of earrings sold. The profit in dollars, P, can be found by using th

Question 333128: An artist sells earrings from a booth at a fair. Rent for the booth is $250. The artist makes $6 from each pair of earrings sold. The profit in dollars, P, can be found by using the equation P=6n-250. How many pairs of earrings must the artist sell to earn a profit of $500?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If

is your profit AND

AND you want the profit to be $500, then solve

for

It isn't a consideration for this particular problem, but if you ever do one of these where you end up with a fractional answer, round UP. If you round down you will just miss your desired profit amount, but if you round up you will have enough and a little more. For example, consider the same problem except that you are selling the items for $7 each. Try it for yourself.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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