After a year, Jeremy prices his chocolates at $3 apiece. He offers a discount of 10% on boxes of chocolate to promote the sale of boxes. How many boxes of chocolate would he have to sell to recover the cost of running the business this year? (Assume that he sells no individual chocolates.)

188 boxes
208 boxes
226 boxes
232 boxes

Question

After a year, Jeremy prices his chocolates at $3 apiece. He offers a discount of 10% on boxes of chocolate to promote the sale of boxes. How many boxes of chocolate would he have to sell to recover the cost of running the business this year? (Assume that he sells no individual chocolates.)

188 boxes 
208 boxes
226 boxes
232 boxes

anonymous · Answer

Jeremy opens a chocolate shop in the city. He pays $1,500 a month for rent and maintenance of the shop. The price of raw materials and manufacturing the chocolates is $6,000 dollars a month. He sells the chocolates individually and in boxes of a dozen. 

Jeremy understands that his business needs a little time to become a success and decides that he wants to build a customer base initially. He is happy to break even for the first year.

anonymous · Answer

188
208
226
232