To raise funds for the local veterans club, a group of BYU-Idaho students sold flags and memorial wreaths. The first week they sold six flags and 13 memorial wreaths and donated $346.78. The second week they sold 11 flags and 14 memorial wreaths and donated $444.21. Because it is difficult to make two different items, they want to sell only one item during the last two weeks of the fundraiser. They decide to sell only the item for which they can donate the most money per item sold. Select the most appropriate conclusion below:Group of answer choicesEven though it is difficult they should try to sell equal numbers of memorial wreaths and flags because they can donate an average of $17.535 for each item sold.They should sell memorial wreaths because they can donate $15.59 for every memorial wreath sold.They should sell flags because they can donate $19.48 for every flag sold.They should sell memorial wreaths because they can donate $19.48 for every memorial wreath sold.They should sell flags because they can donate $15.59 for every flag sold.
Question
To raise funds for the local veterans club, a group of BYU-Idaho students sold flags and memorial wreaths. The first week they sold six flags and 13 memorial wreaths and donated 444.21. Because it is difficult to make two different items, they want to sell only one item during the last two weeks of the fundraiser. They decide to sell only the item for which they can donate the most money per item sold. Select the most appropriate conclusion below:Group of answer choicesEven though it is difficult they should try to sell equal numbers of memorial wreaths and flags because they can donate an average of 15.59 for every memorial wreath sold.They should sell flags because they can donate 19.48 for every memorial wreath sold.They should sell flags because they can donate $15.59 for every flag sold.
Solution
To answer this question, we need to calculate how much money is donated per each item sold.
First, let's calculate the donation per flag and per wreath for the first week:
Donation for the first week = $346.78 Number of flags sold in the first week = 6 Number of wreaths sold in the first week = 13
Donation per flag for the first week = 57.7966666667 Donation per wreath for the first week = 26.6753846154
Next, let's calculate the donation per flag and per wreath for the second week:
Donation for the second week = $444.21 Number of flags sold in the second week = 11 Number of wreaths sold in the second week = 14
Donation per flag for the second week = 40.3827272727 Donation per wreath for the second week = 31.7292857143
Now, let's calculate the average donation per flag and per wreath:
Average donation per flag = (40.3827272727) / 2 = 26.6753846154 + 29.2023351649
From the calculations, it is clear that the average donation per flag is higher than the average donation per wreath. Therefore, the students should sell flags because they can donate more money per flag sold.
However, none of the provided answer choices match the calculated values. There might be a mistake in the question or the provided answer choices.
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