Question

Juan sold fruit baskets for $16.50 each and pencils for $1.50 each. His goal is to sell $300.00 worth of goods to pay for his trip’s cost.
How many fruit baskets will Juan need to sell the last three weeks to achieve his goal?

Answer 1

Answer:

Juan will need the number of fruit baskets to sell the last three weeks to achieve his goal=18.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that Juan sold fruit baskets and pencils . His goal is to sell $300.00 worth of goods to pay his trip's cost.

Cost one fruit basket= $16.50

Cost of one pencil=$1.50

We have to find the number of fruit baskets will Juan need to sell the last three weeks to achieve his goal.

Therefore, we divide the total money obtained by selling by the cost of one basket.

Number of fruit baskets=$\frac{300}{16.5}$

Number of fruit baskets=18.18

We know that number of baskets is always a natural  number.

Therefore, the number of fruit baskets=18(round off)

Total money obtained by selling 18 fruit baskets=$16.5\times 18$=$297

But his  goal to obtain money =$300

Therefore, he needs to sell 2 pencils

Cost of 2 pencils=$1.5\times 2$=$3.00

Now, his goal to earn $300 dollars is complete by selling 18 baskets and 2 pencils.

Hence, Juan will need the number of fruit baskets to sell the last three weeks to achieve his goal=18.

Answer 2

$300/ $16.50 =18.18 baskets

Well we know that we can't have 18.18 baskets so we will round down to 18 since 1 is closer to 0 than 10.

Therefore, juan will need to see 18 fruit baskets and 2 pencils