Rachel's Holiday Shop sells healthy, nutritious baked goods for the holiday season. Costs of electricity, air conditioning, rent, and other fixed costs total $1500 per month. Each bag of almond flour costs $5, each bottle of pure maple syrup costs $8, and each gallon of almond milk costs $4. Rachel buys 30 bags of almond flour, 18 bottles of syrup, and 19 gallons of almond milk. She is willing to invest $1,600 into introducing a new line of cakes and hopes for a 45% return on her investment. If she makes and sells 300 cakes per month, what price should she charge per cake to cover her costs and desired profit?

Rachel's Holiday Shop sells healthy, nutritious baked goods for the holiday season. Costs of electricity, air conditioning, rent, and other fixed costs total $1500 per month. Each bag of almond flour costs $5, each bottle of pure maple syrup costs $8, and each gallon of almond milk costs $4. Rachel buys 30 bags of almond flour, 18 bottles of syrup, and 19 gallons of almond milk. She is willing to invest $1,600 into introducing a new line of cakes and hopes for a 45% return on her investment. If she makes and sells 300 cakes per month, what price should she charge per cake to cover her costs and desired profit?

Rachel's Holiday Shop sells healthy, nutritious baked goods for the holiday season. Costs of electricity, air conditioning, rent, and other fixed costs total $1500 per month. Each bag of almond flour costs $5, each bottle of pure maple syrup costs $8, and each gallon of almond milk costs $4. Rachel buys 30 bags of almond flour, 18 bottles of syrup, and 19 gallons of almond milk. She is willing to invest $1,600 into introducing a new line of cakes and hopes for a 45% return on her investment. If she makes and sells 300 cakes per month, what price should she charge per cake to cover her costs and desired profit?



A. $8.63

B. $6.72

C. $11.56

D. $4.89

E. $2.22



Answer: A


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