Question
This year, Perez’s Ski Shop had a profit of $80,000. This is 250 percent of last year’s profit. What was the profit of Perez’s Ski Shop last year?
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Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find the profit of Perez’s Ski Shop last year, we can use the information that this year's profit of $80,000 is 250 percent of last year's profit.
Let \( x \) be last year's profit. According to the problem:
\[
80,000 = 2.5 \times x
\]
To find \( x \), we can divide both sides of the equation by 2.5:
\[
x = \frac{80,000}{2.5}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
x = 32,000
\]
Therefore, last year's profit was **$32,000**.
Let \( x \) be last year's profit. According to the problem:
\[
80,000 = 2.5 \times x
\]
To find \( x \), we can divide both sides of the equation by 2.5:
\[
x = \frac{80,000}{2.5}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
x = 32,000
\]
Therefore, last year's profit was **$32,000**.