SOLUTION: there was a pair of shoes and they cost 14.95 and there was a 25% markup but there was also a discount of 45% what do i do?

Question 1019388: there was a pair of shoes and they cost 14.95 and there was a 25% markup but there was also a discount of 45% what do i do?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
there was a pair of shoes and they cost 14.95 and there was a 25% markup but there was also a discount of 45% what do i do?
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Let's assume the original cost was "x".
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The markup raised the price to 1.25x
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The discount lowered the price to 0.55*1.25x = 0.6875x or 68.75% of x
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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