Question

Tony’s club is selling oranges to raise money. For every box they sell, they get 1 1/8 dollars profit. They have sold 75 boxes already. How many more boxes must they sell to raise 180 dollars?

Answer 1

Tony’s club is selling oranges to raise money. For every box they sell, they get 1 1/8 dollars profit. They have sold 75 boxes already. How many more boxes must they sell to raise 180 dollars?

Answer: We are given:

The amount of money Tony's club get for every box they sell $=1 \frac{1}{8} =1.125$ dollar

They amount of money Tony's club has raised by selling 75 boxes is:

$75 \times 1.125=84.375$ dollars

The amount of money Tony's club is required to raise = 180 dollars

The remaining need to be raised is :

$180-84.375=95.625$ dollars

Therefore, the number of more boxes to be sold are:

$\frac{95.625}{1.125}=85$

Hence, 85 more boxes they must sell to raise 180 dollars