SOLUTION: Can you help me with this problem? I am to use a chart to help solve. Elliot paid $1.50 a dozen for some flowers. He sold all but 5 dz of them for $2 a dozen, making a profit

Question 65230: Can you help me with this problem? I am to use a chart to help solve.
Elliot paid $1.50 a dozen for some flowers. He sold all but 5 dz of them for $2 a dozen, making a profit of $18.00. How many dozen flowers did he buy?
This is what I had and it is wrong: (table and equation)
Bought x 1.50 1.5x
Sold x-5 2.00 2x-10
1.5x + 2x - 10x = 18
3.5x - 10 = 18
+ 10 +10
3.5x = 28
___________
3.5 3.5
x=8
x-5 =3
(3 dozen)
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let "x be the number of dozen bought originally.
$2(x-5)=$1.50x+$18
2x-10=1.5x+18
0.5x=28
x=56 dozen (original number of dozens bought)
Cheers,
Stan H.
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