Question

Belle's Bake Shop makes croissants that cost $1.75 each. Past experience shows that 10 percent of croissants will spoil and have to be discarded. Assuming Belle wants a 45 percent markup based on cost and produces 300 croissants, each croissant should sell for

Answer 1

30 will spoil. total cost is 525. 45% markup is 761.25. divide by 300 is 2.5375 or $2.54 per croissant

Answer 2

wait, I'm wrong

Answer 3

hold on...

Answer 4

it's 2.82

Answer 5

Thank you!!

Answer 6

hope that's right, i did most of it in my head