SOLUTION: Celia bought 12 apples, ate two of them, and sold the rest at 20c more per aplle than she paid. Her total profit was $1.00. How much did she sell each for?

Question 926131: Celia bought 12 apples, ate two of them, and sold the rest at 20c more per aplle than she paid. Her total profit was $1.00. How much did she sell each for?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The way to start is to assign a variable to cost or price for apples Celia bought. Work through a transcription of symbolism from all of that.

v, cost of the 12 apples
v/12, PRICE paid per apple;
She sold 10 apples at dollars per apple.

She paid v dollars.
She took revenue of .
Her profit was 1 dollar.

.
That means, the difference between revenue and cost is profit. Solving first for v will allow you to compute the price at which she sold her remaining 10 apples.
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