Toshi works at a pet store. They sold 136 bags of dog food last month. To boost dog food sales, the store manager is going to give all the store clerks a bonus if they can increase dog food (bag) sales by 25% next month. How many bags of dog food do they have to sell in order to earn the bonus?
a) 34 bags of dog food
b) 102 bags of dog food
c) 140 bags of dog food
d) 161 bags of dog food
e) 170 bags of dog food
f) 544 bags of dog food
136 * 1.25 = ?
Would it be 170? Just making sure, I am still kind of iffy on this subject
Yes, 170 is right.
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To find the number of bags of dog food Toshi needs to sell to earn the bonus, we first need to calculate the target sales for next month by increasing the sales by 25%.
Current sales of dog food = 136 bags
Target sales = Current sales + 25% of current sales
To calculate the 25% of the current sales, we can multiply the current sales by 0.25:
25% of 136 bags = 0.25 * 136 = 34 bags
Now, we add the 25% increase to the current sales:
Target sales = 136 bags + 34 bags = 170 bags
The answer is e) 170 bags of dog food.