Help please.
A wine shop buys a French Chardonnay for $6.50 and then marks up the price 80%. What is the wine shop’s sale price for the French Chardonnay?

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Help please.
A wine shop buys a French Chardonnay for $6.50 and then marks up the price 80%. What is the wine shop’s sale price for the French Chardonnay?

anonymous · Answer

I got $1.30 is that correct?

anonymous · Answer

oh no

anonymous · Answer

oh my

anonymous · Answer

if they sold it for $1.30 they would lose money one every bottle!

anonymous · Answer

yeah it didnt make any sense lol

anonymous · Answer

to increase a number by 80% you can do one of two things
a) find 80% of it then add to the original number 
or, what is easier, is 
b) multiply it by $100\%+80\%=180\%=1.8$

anonymous · Answer

i.e. with a calculator compute $$6.50\times 1.8$$

anonymous · Answer

so it would be 11. 70?

anonymous · Answer

i actually have no idea how you came up with $1.30

anonymous · Answer

$11.70 at least makes some sense right?
also it is correct

anonymous · Answer

me either. 
it makes sense, thank you. :)

anonymous · Answer

yw