Question

You spend $28 on ingredients to make cookies. you charge $4 per container of cookies. how many containers do you need to sell to earn $20 in profit?

Answer 1

12 containers.

Step-by-step explanation:
To get $20 in profit you need to make $48. Because each container is sold for $4, you need to make 12 containers.
($48 profit= 12*4)

Answer 2

`12\ containers`

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x-----> the number of containers

we know that

`4x-28=20` ------> equation that represent the situation

Solve for x

Adds
`28` both sides

`4x-28+28=20+28`

`4x=48`

Divide bytex]4[/tex] both sides

`4x/4=48/4`

`x=12\ containers`