SOLUTION: You sold 10 pies at a bake sale for $6.50 each, but you spent $18.00 on bake sale supplies. Which equation shows how to calculate your profit, p?

SOLUTION: You sold 10 pies at a bake sale for $6.50 each, but you spent $18.00 on bake sale supplies. Which equation shows how to calculate your profit, p?

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Question 809197: You sold 10 pies at a bake sale for $6.50 each, but you spent $18.00 on bake sale supplies. Which equation shows how to calculate your profit, p?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the other equation shows profit.
profit=mx+b
x=10
m=6.50
b=18
profit =(10*6.5)-18

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