Ramie makes T-shirts to$3.25 in materials to make a T-shirt. He sells T-shirts for 5$. How many T-shirts does he need to sell to make a profit of $12.25?

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Answer 1

Hi Elsa,

 

The first step in solving this problem is to find out how much of a profit Ramie makes on a single t-shirt.  We do this by subtracting his material costs ($3.25) from his selling price ($5.00):

 

$5.00 - $3.25 = $1.75 profit

 

Again, this is the profit from selling one t-shirt.  In other words, it is the profit per t-shirt sold.  To find out how many shirts he must sell to make a profit of $12.25, we take his target profit of $12.25 and divide by his profit per t-shirt sold ($1.75):

 

$12.25 profit ÷ $1.75 profit/t-shirt = 7 t-shirts.

 

Ramie must sell 7 t-shirts to make a profit of $12.25.  Hope this helps!

Answer 2

You would solve this as follows:

x= number of T shirts

 

$12.25 = $5x-$3.25x

x= 7