Question

A supermarket buys shrimp at a cost of $3.80 per pound. The supermarket sells the shrimp for $6.27 per pound. Find the mark-up rate.

Answer 1

would i have to subtract 3.80 from 6.27?

Answer 2

a) what is \(6.27-3.8\)?

Answer 3

2.47

Answer 4

^

Answer 5

then compute \(2.47\div 3.8\) what do you get?

Answer 6

yeah you divide by the original number

Answer 7

.65 ?

Answer 8

not what i get
did you divide backwards?

Answer 9

oh wait, you are right sorry

Answer 10

wait would it be 65%?
uhhh no i didnt, how did you do it?

Answer 11

oh okay :) yay okay!

Answer 12

you are right

Answer 13

thank you

Answer 14

i typed it in wrong

Answer 15

yw