Kevin and Sarah’s friend Ally wants in on the entrepreneurial action and decides to sell her world famous Mega-Death Choco Cookies at fairs and church carnivals. She has learned the following calculations for gross margins:   Gross margin (as a percent) = (Selling price – costs) / Selling price   Gross profit in dollars = selling price – costs   At the county fair she had the following results:   Price for a dozen cookies = $12 Costs for ingredients = $3 Booth and table cloth = $150 Other fixed expenses = $200   In two days, she sold 214 dozen cookies (these are really good cookies)   What is Ally’s gross margin for a dozen cookies? Question 15 options: 1)  70% 2)  68% 3)  75% 4)  50% 5)  She needs more information to know

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Kevin and Sarah’s friend Ally wants in on the entrepreneurial action and decides to sell her world famous Mega-Death Choco Cookies at fairs and church carnivals. She has learned the following calculations for gross margins:
 
Gross margin (as a percent) = (Selling price – costs) / Selling price
 
Gross profit in dollars = selling price – costs
 
At the county fair she had the following results:
 
Price for a dozen cookies = $12
Costs for ingredients = $3
Booth and table cloth = $150
Other fixed expenses = $200
 
In two days, she sold 214 dozen cookies (these are really good cookies)
 
What is Ally’s gross margin for a dozen cookies?

Question 15 options:

1) 

70%


2) 

68%


3) 

75%


4) 

50%


5) 

She needs more information to know

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