Nicole wants to buy a pair of jeans. The original cost of the jeans is $42.50, and the markup is 10 percent. How much will she have to pay for the jeans?
a.$44.50
b.$46.75
c.$52.50

Question

Nicole wants to buy a pair of jeans. The original cost of the jeans is $42.50, and the markup is 10 percent. How much will she have to pay for the jeans?
a.$44.50
b.$46.75
c.$52.50

anonymous · Answer

if the markup is 10%, that is 0.1 times the price.

in total, what she pays at counter is      price*(1+ 0.1)

anonymous · Answer

so what would be the best answer to you

anonymous · Answer

The original cost of the jeans is $42.50
times 1.1

that is like taking it one time:
$42.50

and adding 1/10 on top,
+$4.25