Question

Cindy spent $15.25 on ingredients for a blueberry pie and $12.84 on ingredients for a cherry pie. Each slice of pie sells for $3.50.Which expression represents Cindy's profit if she sells b slices of blueberry pie and c slices of cherry pie?

Answer 1

Answer:

$3.50(b+c)-28.09$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let, the number of blueberry slices = b and number of cherry slices = c.

As, each slice sells for the price of $3.50.

Thus, the revenue of total slices sold = $3.50(b+c)$

Also, the money spent on ingredients of both the pie is $15.25 and $12.84 respectively.

Thus, the total selling cost of the slices = $15.25 + $12.84 = $28.09.

So, we have,

Cindy's profit = Revenue - Cost

i.e. Cindy's profit = $3.50(b+c)-28.09$

Hence, the required expression is $3.50(b+c)-28.09$.