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A local pizzeria sold 85 pizzas yesterday the owner offered to employees a bonus if the number of pizzas sold increases by 20% today how many total pizzas Must the pizzeria sell for employees to receive the bonus explain your reasoning and show your work.

The pizzeria sold 85 pizzas yesterday supposed to number of pieces so today was 60 determine the percent increase or decrease in the pizza sold rounded to the nearest hundredth show your work

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Explanation:

pizzeria should sell = 85 + 20% of 85 pizzas

So, pizzeria should sell 102 pizzas for employees to receive the bonus

85 - 60 = 25

Now,

25/85 × 100%

= 29.41%

The percent of decrease in pizza is 29.41%.

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