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Exercise 9

Avg difficulty 2.5

Use a combination of operations to solve these problems. Document your steps and thinking.

You ordered 50 shirts that you plan to sell for $18 each at an event. The cost was $9 per shirt. You sold 43 shirts and returned the rest but had to pay a $2 restocking fee on each shirt returned. What is your profit?

Lee et al., Math in Society, §1.5 Problem Solving, Exercise 9

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