Answer: the number of cookies sold must be greater than or equal to 800
Explanation:
Let x represent the number of cookies made and sold in a month.
The cookie factory has a fixed cost of $300 per month plus $.45 for each cookie. This means that the total cost of producing x cookies in a month would be
300 + 0.45x
Each cookie sells for $.95. This means that the total revenue from selling x cookies would be
0.95x
Profit = Revenue - cost
Therefore, the number of cookies that must be sold during one month for the profit to be at least $100 would be
0.95x - (300 + 0.45x) ≥ 100
0.95x - 300 - 0.45x ≥ 100
0.95x - 0.45x ≥ 100 + 300
0.95x - 0.45x ≥ 100 + 300
0.5x ≥ 400
x ≥ 400/0.5
x ≥ 800