You are selling cookies for your organization. One box of cookies is sold for $3. Thirty percent of the sale price goes to the bakery to pay for the cookies. The rest of the sale price is split evenly between the regional headquarters for your organization, and your local chapter. How much does your local chapter earn for each box of cookies that are sold? How many boxes of cookies do you have to sell to earn $100 for your local chapter?

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Kayden Key

2 July, 16:45

You are selling cookies for your organization. One box of cookies is sold for $3. Thirty percent of the sale price goes to the bakery to pay for the cookies. The rest of the sale price is split evenly between the regional headquarters for your organization, and your local chapter. How much does your local chapter earn for each box of cookies that are sold? How many boxes of cookies do you have to sell to earn $100 for your local chapter?

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Serenity Tapia · Answer 1

A) Your organization gets half of the revenue after 30% is deducted. You get ...

(1/2) * ($3 - 0.30*$3) = (1/2) * $3*0.70 = $1.05 for each box of cookies

B) If the number you must sell to earn $100 is represented by n, then you have

$1.05*n = $100

n = 100/1.05 ≈ 95.24

To earn $100 for your local chapter, you must sell 96 boxes of cookies.