The 8th graders are volunteering to make and sell organic pesticides, called Sweet4Bees, that will protect plants in local gardens without harming bees. The teens also plan to donate some of their product to ocal nursing homes to use in their gardens. Jade is so excited! She's already started a business log in her hotebook, including a graph with a break-even point of 34 bottles sold. Suppose all Jade's notes become true. What is the club's overall profit per ounce of pesticide solution, when 26 bottles have been donated to the nursing homes? Round to the nearest cent.
The 8th graders are volunteering to make and sell organic pesticides, called Sweet4Bees, that will protect plants in local gardens without harming bees. The teens also plan to donate some of their product to ocal nursing homes to use in their gardens. Jade is so excited! She's already started a business log in her hotebook, including a graph with a break-even point of 34 bottles sold. Suppose all Jade's notes become true. What is the club's overall profit per ounce of pesticide solution, when 26 bottles have been donated to the nursing homes? Round to the nearest cent.
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![The 8th graders are volunteering to make and sell organic pesticides, called Sweet4Bees, that will protect
plants in local gardens without harming bees. The teens also plan to donate some of their product to
local nursing homes to use in their gardens. Jade is so excited! She's already started a business log in her
notebook, including a graph with a break-even point of 34 bottles sold.
Suppose all Jade's notes become true. What is the club's overall profit per ounce of pesticide solution,
when 26 bottles have been donated to the nursing homes? Round to the nearest cent.
Sweet4Bees Business Log
Sweet4Bees!
Production Expenses: $1.45 (empty bottle),
$0.05 (label), cost of ingredients (not sure right
now, I'll call it $m)
Taxes & Fees: none!
Sales
Selling Cost: $9.72/bottle
Start-Up Expenses: $65.88
Expenses
(high-speed mixer), $55 (pans),
$26 (kitchenware)
• Each bottle holds 12 oz of pesticide
concentrate.* Directions for preparing
solution: Mix 7 parts water to 1 part
Sweet4Bees concentrate to create the
34
pesticide solution.
• When profits > $500, for every 15 bottles
sold, donate 2 bottles to local nursing
homes for their gardens.
# of bottles
*concentrate = a stronger version of a liquid product, intended to be diluted with water to make its final form
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Transcribed Image Text:The 8th graders are volunteering to make and sell organic pesticides, called Sweet4Bees, that will protect
plants in local gardens without harming bees. The teens also plan to donate some of their product to
local nursing homes to use in their gardens. Jade is so excited! She's already started a business log in her
notebook, including a graph with a break-even point of 34 bottles sold.
Suppose all Jade's notes become true. What is the club's overall profit per ounce of pesticide solution,
when 26 bottles have been donated to the nursing homes? Round to the nearest cent.
Sweet4Bees Business Log
Sweet4Bees!
Production Expenses: $1.45 (empty bottle),
$0.05 (label), cost of ingredients (not sure right
now, I'll call it $m)
Taxes & Fees: none!
Sales
Selling Cost: $9.72/bottle
Start-Up Expenses: $65.88
Expenses
(high-speed mixer), $55 (pans),
$26 (kitchenware)
• Each bottle holds 12 oz of pesticide
concentrate.* Directions for preparing
solution: Mix 7 parts water to 1 part
Sweet4Bees concentrate to create the
34
pesticide solution.
• When profits > $500, for every 15 bottles
sold, donate 2 bottles to local nursing
homes for their gardens.
# of bottles
*concentrate = a stronger version of a liquid product, intended to be diluted with water to make its final form
%24
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