Alocal pizzeria sold 55 pizza yesterday.
(a) the owner offers the employee a bonus if the number of pizza sold increased by 20% today. how many pizzas make a pizzeria sell for employees to receive a bonus? explain your reasoning.

(b) suppose the actual number of pieces for today was 40. describe the number of pizzas sold as a percent increase or decrease? round to the nearest hundred. show your work.

A)66 B)27.273%

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Number of pizzas sold yesterday ,m=55

20% increase in pizzas sold from yesterday will get the employee a bonus

So number of pizzas to be sold today for the employee to get a promotion

Therefore 66 pizzas need to be sold today for the employee to get a bonus

if the number of pizzas sold today, n=40

⇒ Change= n-m= 40-55= -15

Negative sign indicates decrease in pizzas sold

Percentage change

                                       =27.273%

step-by-step explanation:

graph using a few selected

x         y

-1       15

0         6

1         2.4

2       0.96