Peter has $50 to buy towels. the store has two brands: one set costing $30 and another set, of nicer quality, costing $45. he decides to buy the more expensive towels. the reason peter might make this decision is because he

It is stated that Peter has $50 on hand so it means that Peter already decided that he will spend all or less than $50 for a set of towel. So when Peter saw the two brands of the towel and after inspecting the price and quality, he settled for the higher valued towel. There are many reasons you can see why Peter choose the one which has the higher price at $45 that the cheaper one which is $30. One reason is the quality, but I can see that the main reason is that Peter already decided to spend $50 for a towel before going to the store so whatever towel he sees, he will most likely to choose which is nearer the price he set for buying a towel. 

$527.7.if the following was the question  $527.7 is the answer.students who are trying to raise funds have an agreement with a local pizza chain. the chain has agreed to sell them pizzas at a discount, which the students can then resell to families in the local community for a profit. it is expected that of the 500 families in the community, at most 70% will buy pizza. based on a survey of their personal preferences, the students believe that they should order no more than 120 cheese pizzas, no more than 150 pepperoni pizzas, and no more than 100 vegetarian pizzas. they also want to make sure that at least 20% of the total pizzas are cheese and at least 50% of the pizzas are pepperoni. they make a profit of $1.45, $1.75, and $1.98, respectively, for each cheese, pepperoni, and vegetarian pizza they resell. how many pizzas of each type should they buy?