Question

Nikos sold muffins at his club’s bake sell. He spent $28.50 on supplies. He sold muffins for $0.75 each, and made a profit of $36.75. Write and solve an equation to find out how many muffins Nikos sold

Answer 1

Nikos sold 87 muffins

Solution:

Given that Nikos spent $28.50 on supplies

He sold muffins for $0.75 each, and made a profit of $36.75

To find: Number of muffins sold by Nikos

Thus Nikos must have sold for = $28.50 + $36.75 = $ 65.25

He sold each muffin for  $  0.75

Number of muffins sold by Nikos:

$\text{ Number of muffins sold by Nikos } = \frac{65.25}{\text{ cost of 1 muffin}}$

$\text{ Number of muffins sold by Nikos } = \frac{65.25}{0.75} = 87$

Thus Nikos sold 87 muffins