Welcome to Westonci.ca, where finding answers to your questions is made simple by our community of experts. Connect with a community of professionals ready to help you find accurate solutions to your questions quickly and efficiently. Connect with a community of professionals ready to help you find accurate solutions to your questions quickly and efficiently.

A businessman buys 1,440 dozen pens at $2.50 a dozen and then sells them at a price of 25¢ apiece. What is his total profit on the lot of pens?

Sagot :

he spend: 1440*2.5=3600 
he earn: 0.25*1440*12=4320
[because he sells 0.25/each and buy 1440 dozen so 1440*12]

4320-3600=720