An online store increased the price of a shirt by 17% and charged $3 to ship the shirt to the customer. the customer paid $43 for the shirt. what was the original price of the shirt?

Jake bakes and sell apple pies. he sells each pie for $5.75 . the materials to make the pies cost $40. the boxes jake puts the pies in cost & 12.50 total. how many pies does jake need to sell to earn a profit of $50