The profit he made from the boxes is $48 .
A word problem is a verbal description of a problem situation. It consists of few sentences describing a 'real-life' scenario where a problem needs to be solved by way of a mathematical calculation.
For the given situation,
A dozen boxes = 12 boxes
Number of highlighter pens in each box = 24
Total number of highlighter pens =
⇒ pens
Price for each box = $8
Total price for 12 boxes =
⇒
He repacked these boxes into packages of six highlighters each,
⇒
⇒ boxes
Price per package = $3
Total price for 48 boxes =
⇒
Thus profit =
⇒
Hence we can conclude that the profit he made from the boxes is $48 .
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Final price of the backpack (not including tax) = $16.74
Given that
Initial cost of backpack = $24.80
First Discount = 25% off Initial Cost =$ = $ 6.2
So modified price = 24.80 - 6.2 = $18.6
Also Harold has a coupon with 10% on the modified price.
so we can write 10% of $18.6 = $ 1.86
so we can write the final price for the backpack = 18.6 - 1.86 = $16.74
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