SOLUTION: Nancy buys beads for $17.50 and hires Kim at $9.50 per hour to make earrings using the beads. Kim makes 61 earrings in 11 hours using all available beads. If Nancy wants to make a

Question 1164988: Nancy buys beads for $17.50 and hires Kim at $9.50 per hour to make earrings using the beads. Kim makes 61 earrings in 11 hours using all available beads. If Nancy wants to make a profit of at least $90, at what price, in dollars, must she sell each earring? (Ignore the cost of any other materials used to make earrings.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

(Material cost plus total labor cost plus desired profit) divided by the number of items to sell rounded UP.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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