A$.$ Selling Cookies using Cost$-$Based Pricing

You have decided that you want to put your entrepreneurial spirit to use and are going to start a

business at Foothill selling chocolate chip cookies. You know that students at Foothill love chocolate

chip cookies, and you love baking them! You decide to apply the cost$-$based pricing method in order to

determine the price of your product.

Here are some basic facts:

You want to sell $6$ cookies in beautiful recycled paper boxes wrapped in a colorful bow.

Ingredients for the cookies $--$ including their purchase price $--$ are listed as follows:

$1$ box of cookie mix costs $$6$ and is enough for $4$ dozen cookies

$1$ bag of chocolate chips costs $$4\mathrm{.}50$ and is enough for $4$ dozen cookies

$1$ small bottle of cinnamon $($your secret ingredient$)$ costs $$10$ and is enough for $12$ dozen cookies

$1$ carton of a dozen eggs costs $$3\mathrm{.}2$ eggs are needed per box of cookie mix

You can buy a pack of paper boxes that fit $6$ cookies at the cost of $20$ boxes for $$4$

Question $1$:

$($A$)$ What is the cost for the amount of egg used in one cookie

$($B$)$ What is the unit cost of one cookie?

$($C$)$ What is the unit cost of one paper box?

$($D$)$ Ignoring all other costs, what price should you charge if you want to make a $30\%$ markup on each

box of $6$ cookies?