If a man purchases 156 cell phones for $32 each and sells half of them for $45 each and the remainder for $39 each, how much profit will he make?

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Alan P.
Mar 14, 2018

I got a profit of #color(blue)($1560)#

Explanation:

Noting that half of #156# is #78#

#{: (color(white)("xxxxxxxx"),,ul("Cost"),,"|",ul("Sales"),,), ("num. of units:","||",156,,"|",78,,), ("unit value:","||",ul($32),$4992,"|",ul($45),$3510,), ("num. of units:","||",,,"|",78,,), ("unit value:","||",,,"|",ul($39),ul($3042),$6552) :}#

#"Profit" = "Total sales value" - "Total cost"#
#color(white)("XXxX")=$6552-$4992=color(blue)($1560)#

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