Problema Solution

Charlie sells cookies only in packages of 10. It costs him $3.50 in materials per package. Additionally, he has overhead costs of $1,500.00 per month. In order to pay himself an monthly salary of $5,000.00, how many packages of cookies does Charlie need to sell per month at $10.00 per package?

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let 'x' represent the number of packages that Charlie needs to sell


10x - (1500 + 3.50x) = 5000


by solving we find:


x = 1,000 packages


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Charlie needs to sell 1,000 packages per month.