Question

Jimmy works at a carnival to raise money for his church. He sold chips and sodas. Chips were sold for $1.50 each. Sodas were sold for $1.75 each. Jimmy sold 150 items in total. Of the items sold 2/5 were chips and the remaining items were sodas. How much money did Jimmy raise from the sodas that were sold?

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10 points
$90.00
$157.50
$43.50
$70.50

Answer 1

$ 157.50

Explanation:

2/5 of 5 items = 1.50(2) +1.75(3) =3+5.25 = 8.25 150 / 5 Items = 30 of (3) = 90 sodas therefore = 30 *5.25 = 157.5 = $ 157.50