Question

The selling price of each photo is $6.

The selling price for each photo is made up of two parts, printing cost and profit. For each photo, the ratio:
printing cost : profit = 5 : 3.

a. Calculate the profit she makes on each photo.
b. Calculate her profit as a percentage of the selling price.

Answer 1

a. 2.25

b. 37.5

Explanation:

a.

`6 * (3)/(8 ) = 2.25`

b.

`(2.25 / 6) * 100 = 37.5`