A pizza restaurant sells containers of juice that it marks up 75 percent above its wholesale cost. If the restaurant marks up each container by $0.90, how much does the restaurant pay for each container of juice wholesale?

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anonymous · Answer

.51
.83
1.20
1.58
I  think it is 1.58

johnweldon1993 · Answer

Well, if the mark up is .90

and that is 75% above the wholesale cost...

Then SOME number, times .75...would equal the .9

So

$$\large 0.75x = 0.9$$

Just solve for 'x'