The King High School Spanish Club decides to raise $500 to send a representative to the state Spanish competition by selling boxes of candy. Each box sells for $10. The profit per box is $5. What is the maximum number of boxes of candy the club needs to sell to raise the $500?

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Paula Gilmore

2 March, 07:51

The King High School Spanish Club decides to raise $500 to send a representative to the state Spanish competition by selling boxes of candy. Each box sells for $10. The profit per box is $5. What is the maximum number of boxes of candy the club needs to sell to raise the $500?

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Alexandra · Answer 1

100 boxes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Each box costs ten dollars and the profit is five dollars. If you get five dollars each time you sell a box, it would take one hundred boxes to make five hundred dollars.