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    Nov 16, 2007, 01:06 PM
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    A retailer spent $48 to purchase a number of special mugs. Two of them were broken in the store, but by selling each of the remaining mugs for $3 above the original cost per mug, she made a total profit of $22.
    Construct an equation that will allow us to solve for the number of mugs, denoted by "n", that were originally purchased.

    A) if the price for n mugs is $48, how can we express the cost per mug?
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    Nov 16, 2007, 03:16 PM
    Let n be the number purchased for $48

    cost per mug = 48/n

    No. sold = n -2

    Sale proceeds = (48/n + 3) (n -2) = 48 + 22

    Solve this equation

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