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Ron Purewal
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remember that gross profit = selling price - cost. since we don't know either of these, let's give them both variable names: s = selling price, c = cost.
we can rephrase the question as: what is 20s - 20c? we can divide this out by 20 to give, what is s - c? NOTE: if you have ANY hesitation or uncertainty in generating equations like the ones i'm about to write below, then you should use an ORGANIZATIONAL CHART to solve this problem. in that chart, you should track the meaning of the different variables, as well as the relationships among them. there are several different ways to make the chart, but it should focus on the idea that gross profit = selling price - cost, as mentioned above, as well as on the idea that total selling price = # of units x unit price. (1) this means that you change the selling price from s to 2s, while leaving c invariant. 20(2s) - 20c = 2400 divide by 20: 2s - c = 120 this doesn't allow us to find a value for s - c insufficient (2) this means that you change the selling price from s to s + 2, while again leaving c invariant. 20(s + 2) - 20c = 440 20s + 40 - 20c = 440 20s - 20c = 400 s - c = 20 sufficient answer = b |
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