Fernando bought a jacket for $185 and sold it for 1 1/2 times what he paid. Marisol spent 1/5 as much as Fernando on the same jacket but sold it for 1/2 as much as Fernando did. How much money did Marisol make? Explain your thinking using a diagram

We have been given that Fernando bought a jacket for $185 and sold it for 1 1/2 times what he paid.

Let us find selling price of jacket as:

We have been given that Marisol spent 1/5 as much as Fernando on the same jacket.

We are also told that Marisol sold the jacket for 1/2 as much as Fernando did.

The amount of money earned by Marisol would be selling price of jacket minus cost.

Therefore, Marisol made $101.75.

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