SOLUTION: How do i do this: Freshy's pizza shop is having trouble attracting new customers, so Freshy's owner wants to have a week long pizza special. Currently Freshy's makes a profit of $1

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Question 284370: How do i do this: Freshy's pizza shop is having trouble attracting new customers, so Freshy's owner wants to have a week long pizza special. Currently Freshy's makes a profit of $1000 per week. The special promotion will selll pizza's for $5 each, it will require paying for an additional employee must be paid $480 for the week, promotional advertising will cost $700, and it cost $3.50 to make each promotional pizza. How many pizzas must freshy's sell in order to make a profit at the end of the promotion?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5x-480-700-3.5x=0
more than 786
but to make more than the 1000
5x-480-700-3.5x=1000
more than 1453 pizzas