Question

If 40% of the selling price of eight $65 sweater is profit then how much money profit does the store make when the sweater is sold

Answer 1

Remember that 40%=0.4.

Per sweater, the profit is

`65\cdot0.4=26`

$26 of profit per sweater.

Finally, for the eight sweaters, the total profit is

`26\cdot8=208`

$208 is the profit for 8 sweaters