Question

Barry's Bagel Emporium sells a dozen bagels for $5.00. This price is no longer high enough to create a profit. The owner

Answer 1

Answer: plan B

Step-by-step explanation:

A) 5 cents increase a week means you need 60 weeks to increase the desired 3 dollars.

B) a 10% increase a week is expressed the following way: 8 = 5 x(1.1)^n where n is the amount of weeks to arrive from 5 the original price to 8 the final price increasing a 10% weekly. Solving for n= 4.93 then you need 5 weeks to get to 8 dollars. In other words

5 x1.1 x1.1 x1.1 x1.1 x1.1 > 8

C) n = 6 by definition

D) similar to A) increasing 5 times faster means you get to 8 dollars in a fifth of the time aka 12 weeks