A bedroom suite that cost a dealer $1800 less 37.5%, 18% carries a price tag with a regular selling price at a markup of 120% of cost. For quick sale, the bedroom suite was marked down 40%. (a) What was the sale price? (b) What rate of markup based on cost was realized?
A bedroom suite that cost a dealer $1800 less 37.5%, 18% carries a price tag with a regular selling price at a markup of 120% of cost. For quick sale, the bedroom suite was marked down 40%. (a) What was the sale price? (b) What rate of markup based on cost was realized?
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![A bedroom suite that cost a dealer $1800 less 37.5%, 18% carries a price tag with a regular selling price at a
markup of 120% of cost. For quick sale, the bedroom suite was marked down 40%.
(a) What was the sale price?
(b) What rate of markup based on cost was realized?
(a) The sale price was $
(Round to the nearest cent as needed.)
(b) The rate of markup based on cost that was realized was
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
%.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F634e2c93-5b84-4a05-8063-dbf165b16de8%2Fd87a58c0-3eef-466f-abc2-e9a8da62adec%2F27i9jd_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A bedroom suite that cost a dealer $1800 less 37.5%, 18% carries a price tag with a regular selling price at a
markup of 120% of cost. For quick sale, the bedroom suite was marked down 40%.
(a) What was the sale price?
(b) What rate of markup based on cost was realized?
(a) The sale price was $
(Round to the nearest cent as needed.)
(b) The rate of markup based on cost that was realized was
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
%.
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