Contemporary Mathematics For Business & Consumers, Brief Edition, Loose-leaf Version

8th Edition

ISBN: 9781305867192

Author: Robert Brechner, Geroge Bergeman

Publisher: South-Western College Pub

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Chapter 8.II, Problem 5RE

For the following items, calculate the missing information. Round dollars to the nearest cent and percents to the nearest tenth of a percent.

			Percent	Percent
			Markup	Markup
		Amount of	Based on	Based on
Item	Cost	Markup Selling Price	Cost	Selling Price
5.	Magazine		60%	__________

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For the following items, calculate the missing information. Round dollars to the nearest cent and percents to the nearest tenth of a percent. Percent Percent Markup Markup Amount of Based on Based on Item Cost Markup Selling Price Cost Selling Price 5. Magazine 60% __________

Solution Summary: The author calculates the percent markup based on selling price using the following equation: %M_cost=60%.

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