Question

Ashley sold t-shirts at a festival and made a profit of $51. She made $3 for each t-shirt she sold. Her total expenses were $27 . How many t-shirts did she sell?

Answer 1

Solution-

Let, total number of t-shirts sold by Ashley= x

since, she made $3 for each t-shirt.

therefore, total profit made by selling x t-shirts= $3x

therefore, Net Profit= (Total Profit made by selling t-shirts)- (total expenditure)

                     $51=$3x-$27

              ∴ $3x= $51+$27=$78

             ∴x =$78/$3=26

Therefore, Ashley needs to sell total 26 t-shirts in order to make a profit of $51.