A store sold towels that cost $5 each at 15% less than the cost. The overhead was 20% of the cost of each towel. WHat was the selling price of each towel? How much more than $150 did the owner lose if 95 toels were sold?

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anonymous · Answer

May someone please help me!

hero · Answer

I don't know what overhead means.

anonymous · Answer

Overhead- includes things as advertising, rent, utilities

hero · Answer

The selling price shouldn't have anything to do with the overhead

anonymous · Answer

Well that's the question

hero · Answer

Okay, think I get it now.

anonymous · Answer

So he's selling it at 15% less than what he bought it for (why he would do that I have no idea):$$selling price = (1-0.15) \times 5.00 = 0.85 \times 5.00 = 4.25$$
So that's you're selling price ($4.25). The overhead (meaning money spent/lost per item by the owner) is 20% of the cost:$$overhead = 0.2 \times 5.00 = 1$$
So for every towel, he's also losing $1. When you include the loss from selling the towels below cost, he's losing $1.75 per towel. So to find out how much he lost by selling 95 towels:$$loss = 1.75 \times 95 = 166.25$$ They ask how much above $150 he loses, so that would be$$166.25 - 150.00 = 16.25$$

anonymous · Answer

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