business math: Arley’s Bakery makes fat-free cookies that cost $1.50 each.

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business math: Arley’s Bakery makes fat-free cookies that cost $1.50 each.

Arley’s Bakery makes fat-free cookies that cost $1.50 each. Arley expects 15% of the cookies to fall apart and be discarded. Arley wants a 45% markup on cost and produces 200 cookies. What should Arley price each cookie?

 

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Arley’s Bakery makes fat-free cookies that cost $1.50 each. Arley expects 15% of the cookies to fall apart and be discarded. Arley wants a 45% markup on cost and produces 200 cookies. What should Arley price each cookie?

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Arley’s Bakery makes fat-free cookies that cost $1.50 each. Arley expects 15% of the cookies to fall apart and be discarded. Arley wants a 45% markup on cost and produces 200 cookies. What should Arley price each cookie?

What is her total cost for the two hundred cookies? (Hint: Multiply.)

What is forty-five percent of this? (Hint: Multiply.)

What total, then, does she want to earn? (Hint: Add.)

How many cookies will be thrown out? (Hint: Multiply.)

How many cookies, then, will she be able to sell? (Hint: Subtract.)

Given the total (in money) that she wants to earn and the total number of cookies she can sell, how much should she charge for each (that is, "per") cookie? (Hint: Divide.)

If you get stuck, please reply showing your answers to the above. Thank you!