SOLUTION: A grocer buys lettuce for $5.20 a crate. Of the lettuce he buys, 10% cannot be sold. If he charges $.40 for each head he sells and makes a profit of 10% on each head of lettuce he

Question 1176104: A grocer buys lettuce for $5.20 a crate. Of the lettuce he buys, 10% cannot be sold. If he charges $.40 for each head he sells and makes a profit of 10% on each head of lettuce he buys, how many heads of lettuce are in a crate?
C = $5.20
L = $.40

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Hi

Question States:

.40(.90x) = 5.20 + .10x
  .26x = 5.20
x = 20 ,the number of heads of lettuce there are in a crate.

Wish You the Best in your Studies.

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