Nancy sells handcrafted bracelets at a flea market for $8. If her monthly fixed costs are $825 and each bracelet costs her $1.25 to make, how many bracelets must she sell in a month to make a profit?

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Kathleen Welch

26 February, 08:35

Nancy sells handcrafted bracelets at a flea market for $8. If her monthly fixed costs are $825 and each bracelet costs her $1.25 to make, how many bracelets must she sell in a month to make a profit?

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Leonardo Ross · Answer 1

123 bracelets ...

fixed costs $825 and each bracelets costs $1.25. she only makes back $6.75 each bracelet. In order to make a profit she has to earn back the $825. 825/6.75 = 122. she needs to make 122 bracelets to break even but it will take 123 bracelets to make a profit