Chapter 6.3, Problem 7GP

To determine

Calculate the number of boxes to sell this year to reach goal.

Answer to Problem 7GP

The number of boxes to sell are $19$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given:

It is given in the question that Kimberly sold $95$ boxes of cookies and she wanted to sell $20\%$ more to sell this year than the last year.

Concept Used:

In this, use the concept of percent equation and the equation is $Part=Percent\cdot Whole$ .

Calculation:

In this, the percent and the whole are given, looking for a part. Let t represent part.

  $\begin{array}{l}Part=Percent\cdot Whole\\ t=20\%\cdot 95\\ t=0.2\cdot 95\\ t=19boxes\end{array}$

Conclusion:

The number of boxes are $19$ .