A circus clown buys balloons at $1.44 per dozen and sells the balloons for 20 cents each. What will be his profit on a day when he buys and sells 20 dozen balloons?

Answer :

1$ = 100 cents
cost of one dozen balloons = 144 cents
he sells one dozen balloons in 12*20 = 240 cents
profit one one dozen balloons = 240 - 144 = 96 cents
profit one day = 96*20 = 1920 cents
                     = 19.2 $

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