Question

To promote sales, a grocery store advertises bananas for \(\mathbf{S} . \mathbf{2 5}\) per pound. The store loses \(\mathbf{S} . \mathbf{1 1}\) on each pound of bananas it sells. The store also advertises apple juice for \(\$ 1.19\) per 64 -ounce bottle, and loses \(\$ .08\) per bottle sold. Use a verbal model to find how much the store loses on sales of 3107 bottles of apple juice.

Short answer

The store loses \$ 248.56 on sales of 3107 bottles of apple juice.

Step-by-step solution

Identify the loss per bottle of apple juice

The store makes a loss of \(\$ 0.08\) on each bottle of apple juice sold.

Calculate total loss for apple juice

Calculate the total loss for all the apple juice sold by multiplying the loss per bottle (\$0.08) with the total number of bottles sold (3107). This is performed as follows: \(0.08 \times 3107\).

Compute the result

Carry out the multiplication to find the total loss on the apple juice sales \(0.08 \times 3107 = \$ 248.56\).