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Pet supplies makes a profit of $5.50 per bag on it's line of natural dog food. If the store wants to make a profit of no less than $5225, how many bags of dog food does it need to sell?
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Pet supplies makes a profit of $5.50 per bag on it's line of natural dog food. If the store wants to make a profit of no less than $5225, how many bags of dog food does it need to sell?

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The answer is 950 bags of dog food
$5225 รท $5.50 = 950
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User Hywak
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Reverse the equation:
5225 / 5.5 = x
5.5 goes into 5225 950 times evenly,
x = 950

950 Bags of Dog Food.

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