Question 881118
I guess you want to know how many flowers they need to sell to make a profit of $500.00.
 
MENTAL MATH:
They would purchase 2 flowers for {{{100}}} cents and make a profit of 40% of that or {{{40}}} cents.
That is a profit of {{{20}}} cents per flower.
They would make $1 from selling {{{5}}} flowers,
and to make {{{500}}} times that amount ($500), they would need to sell
{{{500*5=highlight(2500)}}} flowers.
 
IF FORMULAS ARE NEEDED:
40% of 50 cents is
{{{(40/100)*("$ 0.50")="$ 0.20"}}}
That is the profit per flower.
If {{{x}}}= number of flowers sold
{{{profit=("$ 0.20")x}}}
To make {{{"$ 500"}}} in profit, {{{0.20x=500}}} is the equation to solve.
{{{0.20x=500}}}--->{{{x=500/0.20}}}--->{{{x=highlight(2500)}}}