A photographer sells his photographs for $20 each at an art show. He spent $185 to print the photographs and made a profit of $55 at the art show. Write and solve an equation to find p, the number of photographs

Jens Ingels asked Aug 22, 2023

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Jens Ingels asked Aug 22, 2023

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Answer:

He sold 12 photographs

Explanation:

20x-185=55

+185 +185

20x=240

/20 /20

x=12

Ichibann answered Aug 26, 2023

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