Question

Josh's club at school is selling lollipops for a fundraiser. They sold the lollipops for $.50 a piece but had to pay a shipping cost of $30. The function for their lollipop sales is P(s)=.50s−30, where s is the number of lollipops sold and P represents the profit made. If they sold 150 lollipops, how much profit would they make?

Answer 1

The club would make a profit of $45.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the profit made by Josh's club, we can use the function P(s) = 0.50s - 30, where P represents the profit and s represents the number of lollipops sold. Since they sold 150 lollipops, we can substitute s with 150 in the function.

P(150) = 0.50(150) - 30

P(150) = 75 - 30
P(150) = 45

Therefore, they would make a profit of $45.

Answer 2

they made $45

Step-by-step explanation:

divide 150 by 2 to get $75 - 30 = $45