SOLUTION: Ely paid $15 for a box of tomatoes. She discarded 12% of the total weight as damage and sold the remainder at $0.25 per pound. Her profit was $7. How many pounds of tomatoes did sh

Question 308979: Ely paid $15 for a box of tomatoes. She discarded 12% of the total weight as damage and sold the remainder at $0.25 per pound. Her profit was $7. How many pounds of tomatoes did she purchased?
Choices
A:) 120
B:) 130
C:) 150
D:) 100
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
100%- 12% = 88%
Let = pounds she purchased
= pounds she sold
= received for sales
profit

She bought 100 pounds of tomatoes
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