SOLUTION: A canteen operator paid $60 for 100 sandwiches. He sold two-fifths of them at $1 each and the rest at three for $2. What is his profit?

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  of 100 is 40.


The rest is 100-40 = 60.


The profit =  = 40 + 40 - 60 = 20.


ANSWER.  The profit is $20.