SOLUTION: Leroy bought 25 watermelons at $20 each. He sold 15 of the watermelons at $18 each. At what price must he sell the remaining watermelons to make an overall profit of $200?

Question 1168104: Leroy bought 25 watermelons at $20 each. He sold 15 of the watermelons at $18
each. At what price must he sell the remaining watermelons to make an overall
profit of $200?

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Multiply 25 times 20 and then add 200 to that product. That is the amount he needs to have in his hand when he has sold all of them to have a $200 profit. Multiply 15 times 18. That is the amount he has now. Subtract the amount he has now from the amount he needs to have and divide by 10 (the number he still has to sell after selling 15). You should discover that he will need to find 10 extraordinarily naive customers in order to achieve his goal.

John

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