Question

Nikos sold muffins at his club’s bake sell. He spent $28.50 on supplies. He sold muffins for $0.75 each, and made a profit of $36.75. Write and solve an equation to find out how many muffins Nikos sold

Answer 1

Nikos sold 87 muffins

Solution:

Given that Nikos spent $28.50 on supplies

He sold muffins for $0.75 each, and made a profit of $36.75

To find: Number of muffins sold by Nikos

Thus Nikos must have sold for = $28.50 + $36.75 = $ 65.25

He sold each muffin for $ 0.75

Number of muffins sold by Nikos:

`\text{ Number of muffins sold by Nikos } = \frac{65.25}{\text{ cost of 1 muffin}}`

`\text{ Number of muffins sold by Nikos } = (65.25)/(0.75) = 87`

Thus Nikos sold 87 muffins