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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Medal? =)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find the percent of markup. Round to the nearest tenth:) $37.00 to $49.00 A: 24.5% B: 32.4% C: 27.7% D: 12.0%

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm assuming its D. 12.0% that would be the best answer(:

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Taco-Bell-Autumn Can you show me how you got the answer?

OpenStudy (abdela25):

ok lets go over it step by step as these questions can get tricky

OpenStudy (abdela25):

please feel free to stop me at any time if you get confused

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay:)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

All I did was type all the answer in my calculator like this: 37.00(12.0) and I kept replacing in the parenthesis until I got the correct answer.

OpenStudy (abdela25):

ok lets put it in a word problem for example an item is based $37 and is sold for $49

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Sorry guess my answer wasn't the best lol. Good luck!

OpenStudy (abdela25):

from here it is all about plugging in the right information and the answer will come to you markup percent = 100 x (sales price - cost)/cost the 100 is put in there becuase we are dealing with percents every percent is out of a 100

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So it would be 100* 49/37?

OpenStudy (abdela25):

yes Ma'am

OpenStudy (abdela25):

actually it would be 100 * (49-37) / 37

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OH okay. i would be getting..32.4324322432 and so on

OpenStudy (abdela25):

you always do whats in parenthesis first so 49-37=12 then you do multiplication and division, since multiplication comes first in this problem 100*12=1200/37= the answer you got

OpenStudy (abdela25):

rounding to the nearest tenth would = 32%

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh!! that was simple:)

OpenStudy (abdela25):

yes Ma'am i hope it was pretty simple for you to understand

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thank you!:) So much i appreciate it!

OpenStudy (abdela25):

your welcome any more help ???

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