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1. Lucy has a jewelry business. To make a certain necklace, she spends $3.38 on materials and $5.57 on labor. She then sells the necklace for $15.99. Lucy’s profit on the necklace is equal to the sale price minus the cost of materials and labor.
(a)How much profit does Lucy earn when she sells a necklace? What fraction of the sale price of the necklace is profit? Record your answer as a fraction using whole numbers.
the fraction of the sale price of this necklace would be (704/1599).
c) Lucy collected $223.86 selling necklaces at a craft fair. How many necklaces did Lucy sell? How much profit did she earn?
223.86/15.99=14 necklaces. 14(7.04)=$98.56 of profit.