Can anyone help me with a piece of homework? it's about.profits?

Question

Hi guys, 
I'm just wondering if anyone could show me how they work out this sum: soup sells for &pound;1.19 in a supermarket. The supermarket buys a box.of fourty for &pound;20.94. How much profit do they. Make per box? 



 
soy

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The supermarket buys a box of 40 cans of soup at cost &pound;20.94.
It sells one can of soup at a sales price of &pound;1.19.
Thus, it sells 40 cans at a sales price of 40 x &pound;1.19 = &pound;47.6

The difference between purchase price an d sales price is 
&pound;47.60 - &pound;20.94 = &pound;26.66.
But this is not pure profit. There are a lot of costs to be paid in a supermarket: From electricity expenses for light, refrigeration air conditioning and so on, over wages to taxes.Fortunately, therefore, they sell not only soup at the store.

Can anyone help me with a piece of homework? it's about.profits?

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