Didith owns a specialty store and finds that earring sales are in a 2:5 ratio to bracelet sales. She has 1,050 pesos available to purchase the two items. To determine how much to spend on each, the ratio is converted to a percentage with earrings being 2/7 and bracelets being 5/7 of the total budget. This allows calculating that earrings should account for 300 pesos and bracelets 750 pesos of the 1,050 peso budget.
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Question #1
Didith who owns a specialty store, finds that the sale
of earrings run 2:5 as compared to the sales of
bracelets. If Didith has 1050.00 pesos available for the
purchase of these two items, how much should she
spend for earrings and how much for bracelets?
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Step by Step Solution:
Step 1
Identify and Analyze the Given
4. Identify and Analyze the
Given
• The Ratio of earrings to bracelet is 2:5
• She has 1050.00 pesos available for
purchase of the two items
6. Therefore, every 2 pesos spent on earrings, 5 pesos are spent
on bracelets.
If we add these parts of the ratio together,
2(earrings)+5(bracelets)= 7 parts in total
• The Ratio of earrings to bracelet is 2:5
• She has 1050.00 pesos available for purchase of the two
items
8. The Ratio of earrings to bracelet is 2:5
She has 1050.00 pesos available for purchase of the two items
2(earrings)+5(bracelets)= 7 parts in total
Divide the Total part to the money available for purchase, 1050.00
1050
7
9. The Ratio of earrings to bracelet is 2:5
She has 1050.00 pesos available for purchase of the two items
1050
7
=
= 150 for every
part
11. The Ratio of earrings to bracelet is 2:5
She has 1050.00 pesos available for purchase of the two items
= 150 for every
part
Multiply 150 by the number of parts corresponding to earrings and bracelet
2:
5
12. The Ratio of earrings to bracelet is 2:5
She has 1050.00 pesos available for purchase of the two items
2 150
Ratio of earrings
= 300 pesos
5 150
Ratio of bracelet
= 750 pesos
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Therefore, Didith should spend 300 pesos
for earrings and 750 pesos for bracelet if
she has 1050 peso available for purchase of
these two item