2x + 8y=30 y=2 solve for x
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$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.
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.
Using proportions, it is found that it took 15 days for the students to finish the project.
<h3>What is a proportion?</h3>A proportion is a fraction of a total amount, and the measures are related using a rule of three. Due to this, relations between variables, either direct or inverse proportional, can be built to find the desired measures in the problem.
In this problem, we have that:
- 100% of the project is done by 5 students in 15 days.
- After the 3 students left, 2 students will have a time of x days to do 100 - (9/15) = 40% of the project.
The compound <em>rule of three</em> is given as follows:
1 project - 5 students - 15 days
0.4 project - 2 students - x days
Increasing the number of students, the number of days is reduced, hence the measures are inverse proportional and the <em>rule of three</em> is given by:
15/x = 1
x = 15 days.
It took 15 days for the students to finish the project.
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