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prealgebra junior
Problem
Maria buys computer disks at a price of for and sells them at a price of for . How many computer disks must she sell in order to make a profit of ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
This is the equivalent of saying she buys for and sells for , so for every dozen disks she sells, she profits . She needs to profit , so she needs to sell dozen disks, which is
Final answer
D