Question

PLEASE HELPP!

Answer 1

Answer:

$1.25

September

$30

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's take this a step a time.

First we need to find how much the price of the flowers were in September.

We know that each flower cost $1.50 on October.

The October price was a 20% increase of the September price.

To calculate for the price of the flowers on September, we can solve it like this:

Let x = Price during September

1.2x = 1.50

We used 1.2 because the price of $1.50 is 120% of the original price.

Now we divide both sides by 1.2 to find x.

$\dfrac{1.2x}{1.2}=\dfrac{1.5}{1.2}$

x = 1.25

The price of the flowers during September was $1.25 each.

Now the 7th grade class earned 40% of the selling price of each flower.

40% = 0.40

To find how much they made on each month, we simply multiply the percentage to the price and the number of flowers sold.

September = 0.40 x 1.25 x 900

September = 0.5 x 900

September = $450

Now for October.

October = 0.40 x 1.50 x 700

October = 0.6 x 700

October = $420

The 7th Graders earned more on September.

They earned $30 more on September than October.