SOLUTION: Watermelons bought for 200.00. Priced melons so made $1.50 profit per melon. When all but 30 had been sold, initial investment of 200.00 had been recovered. How many melons were bo

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Question 306895: Watermelons bought for 200.00. Priced melons so made $1.50 profit per melon. When all but 30 had been sold, initial investment of 200.00 had been recovered. How many melons were bought initially.
I cannot figure out the formula without either the price the melons were sold for or the number of melons bought. Help please!
Answer by amp(1) About Me  (Show Source):
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103 melons were initially bought.
If you divide 1.50 into 200.00, you get 133.33(approximatly) OR 200=1.5x "x" being melons. So wath this says is that if you sell 133melons then you'll get all profit back. But if there were 30melons still left, then you subtract30 from 133.33(133.33-30), equals 103.33 approximatly 103.
If I'm wrong, forgive!