Use the chart below to provide the owner with the cost information. Then use the completed chart to help you answer the remaining questions.

From a cost standpoint, why do companies such as Riverdale Restaurant want to operate near or at full capacity?

The owner has been considering ways to increase the sales volume. The owner thinks that $10,000$ pizzas could be sold per month by cutting the selling price per pizza from $$6\mathrm{.}25$ to $$5\mathrm{.}75.$ How much extra profit $($above the current level$)$ would be generated if the selling price were to be decreased? $($Hint: Find the restaurant's current monthly profit and compare it to the restaurant's projected monthly profit at the new sales price and volume.$)$