SOLUTION: The owner of a pizza parlor wants to make a 70% of the cost of each pizza sold. If it cost $7.50 to make a pizza, at what price should each pizza be sold?

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Question 610849: The owner of a pizza parlor wants to make a 70% of the cost of each pizza sold. If it cost $7.50 to make a pizza, at what price should each pizza be sold?
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The owner of a pizza parlor wants to make a 70% of the cost of each pizza sold. If it cost $7.50 to make a pizza, at what price should each pizza be sold?
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"sell price" = "cost" + "profit"
"sell price" = 7.50 + .70(7.50)
"sell price" = 7.50 + 5.25
"sell price" = $12.75