Question

Members of the band are selling candy bars to raise money. The director uses this equation to calculate the amount of profit, p, made from selling n candy bars. p = 1.25n - 475 How many candy bars must be sold to make a profit of $950?

Answer 1

380 candy bars

Explanation:

Step one:

we are told that the expression for profit is

`p = 1.25n - 475`-----------------1

the above equation represents the situation

given

profit is $950

Required

n=number of bars

950=1.25n-475

collect like terms

950-475=1.25n

475=1.25n

divide both sides by 1.25

n=475/1.25

n= 380candy bars