Question

A storeowner orders 25 calculators that cost $32 each.The storeowner can sell each calculator for 40$ .the storeowner sold 22 calculators to cudtomers.He had to return 3 calculators that were never sold and pay a $2 charge for each returned calculator(although the initial cost is refunded)What is the storeowners profit

Answer 1

$74

Explanation:

25*32 will be the total amount he spent at first. ($800)

He sells 22 calculators at 40$, 22*40 = 880.

He was unable to sell 3, and he had to pay 2$ per (2*3 = 6)

He had an 80 dollar profit before he returned them, (880-800).

Then he returned three for 6$ (80-6)

His end profit was 74.