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Some kids are selling lemonade for $1.50 per cup at a highschool baseball game. They spent $14 on all of the itemsneeded for the lemonade stand (cups, lemonade, tableoth, sign, etc) Create a function that would representprofit based on the number of cups of lemonade

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A function that would represent profit based on the number of cups of lemonade is Profit = 1.5n - 14Solution:Given, Some kids are selling lemonade for $1.50 per cup at a high school baseball game.  They spent $14 on all of the items needed for the lemonade stand (cups, lemonade, table oth, sign, etc)We have to create a function that would represent profit based on the number of cups of lemonadeNow, let the number of cups sold be "n"Then , we know that, profit = selling price – cost price  Profit = number of cups sold x price per cup – cost priceProfit = n x $ 1.5 – $ 14  Profit = 1.5n – 14Hence, the function is Profit = 1.5n - 14