document.write( "Question 640514: A grocery store bought ice cream for $2.60 a half gallon and stored it in two freezers. During the night, one freezer malfunctioned and ruined 15 half gallons. If the remaining ice cream is sold for $3.98 per half gallon, how many half gallons did the store buy if it made a profit of $64.20? \n" ); document.write( "

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A great problem dealing with profit margin. We know they purchased the ice cream at $2.60 and resold them at $3.98 creating a profit margin of $1.38/unit. To find the total that they sold during the day divide the profit margin divided by the profit made, $64.20/$1.38 or 46.52 or round up for 47. Add the addition 15 that were ruined to get 61 or 62 half gallons of ice cream. \n" ); document.write( "

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