document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=505982>Question 505982</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> for $2.40 a grocer buys a case of fruit witch contains 12 dozen she knows that two dozen will spoil before she sells them at what price must she sell the good ones to profit 1/3 of the whole cost </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Cost of the case of fruit = 2.40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Profit is 1/3 of the cost = 2.40 * (1/3) = 2.40/3=0.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "She has to sell at a price that she could get = Cost + Profit = 2.40 + 0.8 = 3.20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total fruit = 12 dozen<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After 2 dozen will spoil = 12-2=10 dozen\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now she has to sell 10 dozen\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Selling price = cost + profit/ Total Dozens of fruit<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=3.20/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=0.32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=$0.32 per dozen<BR>\n" );
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