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A certain grocery purchased x pounds of produce for p dollars per pound. If y pounds of the produce had to be discarded due to spoilage and the grocery sold the rest for s dollars per pound, which of the following represents the gross profit on the sale of the produce?

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$Find the total cost of purchasing all the produce.$	$Cost = x \times p$
$Compute the total revenue from selling the unspoiled produce.$	$Revenue = (x - y) \times s$
$Subtract the total cost from the total revenue to obtain gross profit.$	$Gross Profit = (x - y) s - x p$

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A. (x - y) s - x p

A certain grocery purchased x pounds of produce for p dollars per pound. If y pounds of the produce had to be discarded due to spoilage and the grocery sold the rest for s dollars per pound, which of the following represents the gross profit on the sale of the produce?

Explanation	Calculations	Help
$Find the total cost of purchasing all the produce.$	$Cost = x \times p$
$Compute the total revenue from selling the unspoiled produce.$	$Revenue = (x - y) \times s$
$Subtract the total cost from the total revenue to obtain gross profit.$	$Gross Profit = (x - y) s - x p$

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A. (x - y) s - x p