Question

5. Carson's Electronics sells tablet computers. The store hopes that the weekly profits

exceed $1000 from the sale of these. If the store earns an $80 profit on the tablet
computers and has already sold $650 worth of tablets, how many more tablets do
they need to sell?

Answer 1

Answer: Since the number of tablets must be a whole number, Carson's Electronics would need to sell at least 5 more tablets to exceed the weekly profit target of $1000.

Explanation:

To calculate the number of tablets Carson's Electronics needs to sell to exceed a weekly profit of $1000, we can use the following steps:

Determine the desired profit: Weekly profit target = $1000

Calculate the current profit from tablets sold: Profit from tablets sold = $650 * $80 = $52,000

Determine the additional profit needed to reach the target: Additional profit needed = Weekly profit target - Profit from tablets sold Additional profit needed = $1000 - $650 = $350

Calculate the number of tablets needed to reach the additional profit: Number of tablets needed = Additional profit needed / Profit per tablet Number of tablets needed = $350 / $80 = 4.375