Zales bought a tea set for $1,400. Zales wants to markup the set 55% of the selling price. The selling price of the tea set should be:

Question

anonymous · Answer

$$1.55\times 1400=2170$$

jhonyy9 · Answer

100 --- 55
1400 ---x
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x=1400 x 55/100 =14 x 55 = 770 

i think the solution is 770

jhonyy9 · Answer

yes , -  because 55% of 1400 is 770

anonymous · Answer

you have to add the two together though to get the total mark-up price f the tea set. So 
$1400. + $770.= $2170.00

anonymous · Answer

Ok well this question was on a test of mine, and I did it the same way you did. It was marked wrong. I have no idea how the answer is $3,111.11but that's what the correct answer is on the test. So I guess we are doing math wrong.