Short Bakers makes baked goods for catered events and for sale at local grocery stores. The owner of Short Bakers belleves

that a new type of breakfast pastry would sell well for a price of $$9$ per dozen. Short estimates unit materlals costs to be

$$4\mathrm{.}25$ for the pastry, and overhead costs would average $$0\mathrm{.}55$ per dozen. The local wage rate for direct labor is $$18$ per

hour. Short has a goal of earning an operating profit of $20$ percent of production costs for each of its products.

Required:

What direct labor$-$hour Input $($hours per dozen$)$ could Short Bakers allow for the new pastry and still achleve its profit goal?

$($Do not round Intermedlate calculations. Round your answer to $2$ decimal places.$)$

Answer is complete but not entirely correct.