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The manager of an art supply store decides to hold a Buy 2, Get 1 Free sale on tubes of watercolor paints. The sale is held for one week and a total of 280 tubes of paint were sold (not including the ones given away for free). If each tube of watercolor paint cost the store $7.25, how much money did the store lose by giving away the free tubes of paint?

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Answer:

$1015

Step-by-step explanation:

280 divided by 2 140 times $7.25 is $1015

The amount of money that the store lose by giving away the free tubes of paint is $1015.

Since the manager held Buy 2, Get 1 Free sale on tubes of watercolor paints, then when 280 tubes of paints are sold, 1/2 × 280 = 140 tubes of paints will be given out for free.

Therefore, the amount lost will be calculated by multiplying the number of paints given out by the price. This will be:

= 140 × $7.25

= $1015

Therefore, the amount of money that the store lose by giving away the free tubes of paint is $1015.

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