a computer sells for $955, which is marked up 35 percent of the selling price. the cost of the computer is

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anonymous · Answer

sorry 995 is the price after the markup i guess, so if you put the price before the markup as P you know $(1.35)P=995$
solve for P via 
$$P=\frac{995}{1.35}$$

anonymous · Answer

so i divide 995 by1.35, which equals 737.03 ?

anonymous · Answer

if i understand this question correctly, that would be right

anonymous · Answer

on my work sheet the answers are  
A.$1,343.25
B.$1,433.52
C.$1,350.77
D.$1,530.77
E. None of these

so by going with the above work is e?

anonymous · Answer

maybe i misunderstood the question

anonymous · Answer

the english is not very clear, maybe it means find the price after the a 35% markup

anonymous · Answer

$$995\times 1.35=1343.25$$

anonymous · Answer

yeah the wording is weird for this math packet, well that makes more sense with the answer given. Well thanks for the help :D

anonymous · Answer

did you copy that verbatim?  it is not written in english

anonymous · Answer

yeah i copied it word for word