Question

Luke sells
dollars worth of sodas as part of a school club fundraiser. Luke had initially spent
dollars on the sodas. Write the equation that represents how much profit Luke raised as the variable
. Do not solve.
Luke sells
dollars worth of sodas as part of a school club fundraiser. Luke had initially spent
dollars on the sodas. Write the equation that represents how much profit Luke raised as the variable
. Do not solve.

.

Answer 1

Let p represent Luke's profit. If he sold the sodas for S dollars and had spent C dollars, the equation is

p = S − C

(or, using the actual dollar amounts, p = (amount received) − (amount spent)).