SOLUTION: A grocer buys lettuce for $5.20 a crate. Of the lettuce he buys, 10% cannot be sold. If he charges 40 cents for each head he sells and makes a profit of 10 cents on each head he bu
Question 859959: A grocer buys lettuce for $5.20 a crate. Of the lettuce he buys, 10% cannot be sold. If he charges 40 cents for each head he sells and makes a profit of 10 cents on each head he buys, how many heads of lettuce are in a crate? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! He makes a profit of cents on each head he buys.
So, he makes a profit of cents on each head in a crate
Let = the number of heads in a crate
10% cannot be sold, so he sells heads at cents each is what he sells the heads for
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The grocer's profit is ( 10 cents on each head int he crate )
There are 20 heads in a crate
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check:
10% can't be sold- that is heads
He sells heads at 40 cents each
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His profit is dollars
OK
