Question

A convenience store makes a profit of $2 per bottle of a healthy drink. If the store owner wants to earn a profit of at least $400, how many bottles of this drink do they need to sell?(1 point)
Responses

20 bottles
20 bottles

exactly 200 bottles
exactly 200 bottles

at least 200 bottles
at least 200 bottles

at least 20 bottles

Answer 1

To determine how many bottles the store owner needs to sell to earn at least $400 in profit, we can use the following formula:

\[
\text{Profit} = (\text{Number of bottles sold}) \times (\text{Profit per bottle})
\]

Given that the profit per bottle is $2, we can set up the equation:

\[
\text{Number of bottles sold} \times 2 \geq 400
\]

Dividing both sides by 2:

\[
\text{Number of bottles sold} \geq \frac{400}{2}
\]

\[
\text{Number of bottles sold} \geq 200
\]

This means the store owner needs to sell at least 200 bottles to earn a profit of at least $400.

Therefore, the correct answer is:

**at least 200 bottles**