SOLUTION: The wholesale price for a chair is $188 . A certain furniture store marks up the wholesale price by 38% . Find the price of the chair in the furniture store.

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Question 1008101: The wholesale price for a chair is
$188
. A certain furniture store marks up the wholesale price by
38%
. Find the price of the chair in the furniture store.

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The markup is 38% of $188 or (.38)(188) = $71.44 so that the new price would be
$188 + $71.44 = $259.44

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