Answer:
[tex]445[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
[tex]\text{Profit}=\text{Price}-\text{Cost}\\\text{Profit}=2.75-50=2.25\\\text{In order to make back the starting amount we need to sell n lots of widgets.}\\2.25n\geq 1000\\n\geq \frac{1000}{2.25}\\n\geq 444.444444\\\text{You can't sell a fraction of products, so you need to round it up to the nearest number.}\\n=445[/tex]