PCAT Quantitative Reasoning – Bagel Stand Profits

by Sam

Oct 25, 2017

PCAT Question of the Day

The quarterly sales at a bagel stand are shown in the table below. The bagel stand sells plain bagels for $1.50 each, cinnamon bagels for $1.80 each, and sesame bagels for $1.60 each. If it costs the bagel stand $0.50 to make each bagel, which quarter had the highest profit?

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Q2

Q3

Q4

Explanation

A is correct. To solve, which can simply calculate the profit in each quarter using a calculator. First we must take into account the $0.50 manufacturing cost, so the profit per bagel is:

Plain: $1.50 – $0.50 = $1.00

Cinnamon = $1.80 – $0.50 = $1.30

Sesame = $1.60 – $0.50 = $1.10

Then we can calculate the profit from each quarter by multiplying the number of each type of bagel sold by its profit value, and then adding these together.