SOLUTION: Alex sells newspapers to his customers for $0.50 each and makes a profit of $0.15 for each paper he sells. If P represents total profit and C represents the number of copies he sel

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Question 1165205: Alex sells newspapers to his customers for $0.50 each and makes a profit of $0.15 for each paper he sells. If P represents total profit and C represents the number of copies he sells, which equation correctly shows the amount of profit he makes
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the price per paper is .50
the profit on each paper is .15
p represents total profit
c represents number of copies he sells.
profit equation is:
p = .15 * c