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The Audio Outlet purchased 60 cassete recorders, gave away three in a contest and sold the rest at twice their purchase price. If the stores total profit was 1188$ how much did the store sell each recorder for?
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Found 2 solutions by vertciel, edjones:
Answer by vertciel(183)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello there,
If the Audio Outlet gave away 3 recorders, they would have 57 recorders left. Let r be one recorder.
57r = 1188
r = 1188/57
r = $20.84

Answer by edjones(8007)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x= purchase price for one recorder
(2x*57)-60x=1188
114x-60x=1188
54x=1188
x=22 purchase price
2x=$44 what the store sold each recorder for. Ans
Check:
(44*57)-(22*60)=2508-1320=1188
Ed

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