Question

A school is selling candles for a fundraiser. They keep 40% of the total sales as their commission, and they pay the rest to the candle company.

Answer 1

Answer:

$1249.8

Step-by-step explanation:

We first need to find the total (tot) amount that the school made.

We can do this by multiplying the number of candles sold with their respective prices.

So, knowing that the total (tot) equals the total of the small candles + total of the medium candles + total of the large candles, we get:

tot = (68)11  +(45)18 + (21)25

    = $2083

If the school keeps 40% or 0.4 (decimal form) of the amount they made, then 60% or 0.6 is given to the candle company.

So, we can multiply 0.6 by the total amount to get the exact amount!

2083 * 0.6 = $1249.8

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