A department store buys 200 shirts at a cost of $3,600 and sells them at a selling price of $20 each. Find the percent markup.

Given:

A department store buys 200 shirts at a cost of $3,600 and sells them at a selling price of $20 each.

To find:

The percent markup.

Solution:

A department store buys 200 shirts at a cost of $3,600. So, the cost price of each shirt is

So, the cost price(C.P.) is $18 each.

The selling price(S.P.) is $20 each.

Now,

Therefore, the markup percent is 11.11%.

1.3

step-by-step explanation:

3x2=6   9x+6

bring down the 6 on both sides

6+6=12

12= 9x

divide by 9

12/9 =

1.3 =x

answer:   expression= p+p*d%

price reduction + sale price = $625

sale price: $p+$p*d%

where d% is the percentage of discount

step-by-step explanation:

original price = p

price went down by $150 price reduction $p*d%

sale price= $ 475

therefore the price before sale is: $625

and the expression that shows the price before sale is: p+p*d%