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a farmer sells sheep at $75 a head. the sheep cost $x each. the farmer finds she has made x% profit on the sale of the sheep. find x\r
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Purchase price, per sheep: x
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document.write( "Profit on each sheep: 50%, or .5
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document.write( "Therefore, selling price = 1.5x
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document.write( "Since selling price of each sheep is also $75, we get: 1.5x = 75
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document.write( "It therefore can be said that each sheep cost $50, and she also made a 50% profit on the sale of each sheep. \n" );
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