SOLUTION: the manager of farmers delight bought a load of watermelons for $750 and priced the watermelons so that he would make $2 on each melon. when all but 100 of the melons had been sold
Algebra.Com
Question 209753: the manager of farmers delight bought a load of watermelons for $750 and priced the watermelons so that he would make $2 on each melon. when all but 100 of the melons had been sold, he broke even. how many did he originally buy?
Answer by 314(4) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x=number of watermelons
2(x-100)=750 we divide with 2
x-100=375
x=375+100
x=475 watermelons
RELATED QUESTIONS
the manager of farmer's delight bought a load of watermelons for $750 and priced the... (answered by solver91311)
The manager at Cream of the Crop bought a load of watermelons for $200. She priced the... (answered by checkley77,stanbon)
How do I find the answer to this problem?
Recovering an investment. The manager at... (answered by scott8148)
92. Recovering an investment. The manager at Cream of
the Crop bought a load of... (answered by josmiceli)
Recovering an investment. The manager at Cream of
the Crop bought a load of watermelons... (answered by arallie)
.} Recovering an investment. The manager at Cream of the Crop bought a load of... (answered by josmiceli,yellow)
The manager at Cream of
the Crop bought a load of watermelons for $300. She
priced the... (answered by mananth)
The manager at Cream of the Crop bought a load of watermelons for $180. She priced the... (answered by mananth)
Recovering an investment. The manager at Cream of
the Crop bought a load of watermelons... (answered by scott8148)