It costs $1 for a plain pretzel and the expense is .60, but customers want more salt which will cost an extra $.25 to make per pretzel. In the past, 100 pretzels were sold calculate how many additional pretzels need to be sold to cover the costs of adding the extra expense of the salt.

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anonymous · Answer

266.66 more pretzels is the answer i think

100 pretzels gives a profit of 40$

Therefore the formula is x= the number of pretzels sold

x-(x)expense = profit

100-100(.60)= 40$
 
then to make 40$ profit,

x-(x).85= 40

.15x=40

x=40/.15

and finally it would take 266.7 more pretzels to = 40$ revenue again 


Am I right?

dumbcow · Answer

how much do they sell each pretzel for?
$1.40

anonymous · Answer

1$ is the price,  .60 is the initial expense sorry messed the question

dumbcow · Answer

ok then, you are correct that it will take selling 266.66 or 267 pretzels to get profit of $40
but that is only 167 more than original 100

anonymous · Answer

thanks so much, i hate it when there is no answer key lol. I had to confrim or i wouldnt be able to sleep

dumbcow · Answer

no problem