SOLUTION: a man purchased a number of balloons, each of the same price, for a total of $720. he sold them all at $40 each, thus realizing a profit equal to his 8 balloons. how many did he bu

Question 126925: a man purchased a number of balloons, each of the same price, for a total of $720. he sold them all at $40 each, thus realizing a profit equal to his 8 balloons. how many did he buy?
can you solve this using the quadratic equation??? thanks!!
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a man purchased a number of balloons, each of the same price, for a total of $720. he sold them all at $40 each, thus realizing a profit equal to his 8 balloons. how many did he buy?
can you solve this using the quadratic equation??? thanks!!
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Let's write down what we know here:
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Let x = no. of balloons purchased
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Price he paid for each =
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Profit given as: 8()
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Revenue from the sale of all the balloons = 40x
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Revenue - cost = profit
40x - 720 = 8(720/x)
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40x - 720 = 5760/x
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40x^2 - 720x = 5760; multiplied equation by x to get rid of the denominator
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40x^2 - 720x - 5760 = 0 the quadratic equation you so earnestly desired.
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x^2 - 18x - 144 = 0 simplified, divided equation by 40
Factor to:
(x - 24)(x + 6) = 0
The positive solution is what we want:
x = 24 balloons
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His cost for each balloon: = $30
Check solution in the profit equation
40(24) - 720 = 8(30)
960 - 720 = 240; confirms our solution
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How about this? Did it make sense to you? Any questions?

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