Question

The Art Store sells three types of art pencil sets. The profit is $8.45 on watercolor pencil sets, $6.19 on pastel pencil sets and $4.62 on charcoal pencil sets. There are two branches of the Art Store. The number of sales of pencil sets for each store are shown in the table below. Set Type Sales for Westside Branch Sales for Downtown Branch watercolor 132 74 pastel 56 48 charcoal 119 126 Which store had the most profit and what was the total profit of that store? a. Westside - $1504.54 b. Westside - $2011.82 c. Downtown - $1504.54 d. Downtown - $2011.82

Answer 1

I think the answer is B.Westside-$2011.82

Answer 2

Option b. Westside = $2011.82

Explanation:

Sales of pencil sets for each store are shown in the table :

Pencil sets Westside Branch sales Downtown Branch sales

Watercolor 132 74

Pastel pencil 56 48

Charcoal pencil 119 126

Now we will make a table for the profit of each branch for each pencil set by dividing the sales of pencil sets by its profit.

Pencil sets Westside Branch profit Downtown Branch profit

Watercolor 1,115.40 625.30

Pastel pencil 346.64 297.12

Charcoal pencil 549.78 582.12

Total profit 2011.82 1504.54

Therefore, we can clearly see The profit of Westside branch is $2011.82 which is more than the profit of downtown branch profit.

So Option b. Westside = $2011.82 is the correct answer.