Question

The SGA makes a profit of $126.00 selling bags of popcorn. If their expenses were $22.50, how many $1.50 bags of popcorn did they sell?

Answer 1

Number of popcorn bags sold is `99`

Explanation:

SGA's expenses were `$22.50`

SGA's profit was `$126.00`

Hence, its total sales were `$126.00+$22.50=$148.50`.

As each bag was sold for `$1.50`,

Number of popcorn bags sold is `148.50/1.50`

= `14850/150=1485/15=(5xx297)/(5xx3)`

= `297/3=(3xx99)/(3xx1)=99`