SOLUTION: A grocery store bought yogurt for $2.60 per container and stored it in two refrigerators. During the night, one refrigerator malfunctioned and ruined 14 containers. If the remain

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Question 1153899: A grocery store bought yogurt for $2.60 per container and stored it in two refrigerators. During the night, one refrigerator malfunctioned and ruined 14 containers. If the remaining yogurt is sold for $4.02 per container, how many containers did the store buy if they made a profit of $74.36?

Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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    Profit = 74.36 = (x-14)*4.02 - x*2.60,


where x is the value under the question.


From the equation,


    x = %2874.36+%2B14%2A4.02%29%2F%284.02-2.60%29 = 92.     ANSWER

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