sam sells necklaces for 10 dollars each each necklace costs her 5 dollars to make she also has 5,000 dollars in fixed costs per year for her jewelry business how many necklaces must she sell in order to make a profit of 1,000 dollars a year?

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anonymous · Answer

5,000 + 5x = 10x + 1000
x represents the number of necklaces
the left side of the equation represents costs
the right side represents profit
solve for x

anonymous · Answer

Since she makes $5 profit on every necklace, she needs to cell how many? 5 x ?=5,000?

anonymous · Answer

Wow.... @priscilla<3  wow

anonymous · Answer

If you subtract 1000 from both sides and add 5x to both sides you get 
4000 = 5x
which is x = 800

anonymous · Answer

5 X _ =5,000

anonymous · Answer

Simple. Mental Math. @priscilla<3

anonymous · Answer

That would be the number of bracelets would cost you an addition 5000 dollars, not the number of bracelets to to make 1000 dollars @SchoolisCool

anonymous · Answer

1,200 was the right answer...

anonymous · Answer

Oh yea!! Im so sorry! I made a amateur mistake!

anonymous · Answer

IN YO FACE.

anonymous · Answer

LOL