SOLUTION: it costs a restaurant owner $0.28 per glass of orange juice, which sells $1.75 per glass. how many glasses of orange juice must the owner sell to make a profit of $2058. please h

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Question 938599: it costs a restaurant owner $0.28 per glass of orange juice, which sells $1.75 per glass. how many glasses of orange juice must the owner sell to make a profit of $2058.
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it costs a restaurant owner $0.28 per glass of orange juice, which sells $1.75 per glass. how many glasses of orange juice must the owner sell to make a profit of $2058.
please help me solve this!
Let number of glasses to earn a $2,058 profit, be N
Revenue from selling N glasses at $1.76 per glass: 1.75N
Since cost of each glass = $0.28, then total cost = 0.28(N), or .28N
Revenue, less cost, equals profit, OR
1.75N - .28N = 2,058
1.47N = 2,058
N, or number of glasses to be sold to realize $2,058 profit = , or
You can do the check!!
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