2014 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 3
Problem
Bridget bakes 48 loaves of bread for her bakery. She sells half of them in the morning for 
each. In the afternoon she sells two thirds of what she has left, and because they are not fresh, she charges only half price. In the late afternoon she sells the remaining loaves at a dollar each. Each loaf costs 
for her to make. In dollars, what is her profit for the day?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 24\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 36\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 44\qquad\textbf{(D)}}\ 48\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 52$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Solution
of the bread is 
loaves. 
. This leaves loaves left.
The new price will be 
. So 
. This leaves 8 loaves remaining.
We have 
.
The total amount of money she made for the day is the sum of these amounts, which is 
.
The total amount it cost her to make all of the loaves is 
.
Therefore, her total profit is the amount of money she spent subtracted from the amount of money she made. $88-36=52\implies\boxed{\textbf{(E)}52}}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg).
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