Question

Marcus Sells homemade pies for $10.50 a pie. it cost $1.25 for the ingredients to bake Each pie . Marcus bought a new oven for $800 how many pies must Marcus sell in order give me a profit

Answer 1

$10.50 a $1.25 is $9.75 then you do $800 / $9.75 which is 82.05 so we round up with any decimal and he would need to sell 83 pies to start making a profit.