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  • 22-01-2021
  • Mathematics
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A store buys a shirt from the vendor for $15. The store makes a 55% profit when the shirt is sold to a customer. What is the retail price of the shirt?

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samuelonum1
samuelonum1 samuelonum1
  • 23-01-2021

Answer:

$23.25

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one:

given data

A store buys a shirt from the vendor for $15

The store makes a 55% profit

Required

The sale price of the shirt

Step two:

Percent profit= sale-cost price/cost price *100

subtitute

55= sale-15/15 *100

0.55= sale-15/15

cross multiply

sale-15= 0.55*15

sale-15=8.25

sale= 8.25+15

sale=$23.25

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