Question

Cynthia makes apple pies and sells them. The ingredients for each pie cozy $1.50?And she sells the pies for $5.00. To find her profits, she writes the expression $5.00x - $1.50x. Explain what the variable x represents

Answer 1

Given :

Cynthia makes apple pies and sells them.

Cost of ingredients, c = %1.50.

Selling price, S = $5.00.

To find her profits, she writes the expression $5.00x - $1.50x. Explain what the variable x represents.

Solution :

Let, total number of pies sell is x.

Profit in each pie is :

`P=\$(5.00-1.50)\\\\P=\$3.5`

So, profit in x pies is ,
`P=\$3.5x`

Therefore, x in given equation represents number of pies sold.

Hence, this is the required solution.