SOLUTION: plzzz sove this..... An item that costs a retailer $60.00 is normally sold for $98. During a storewide sale, the item was marked down by 25%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal pl

Question 1020181: plzzz sove this.....
An item that costs a retailer $60.00 is normally sold for $98. During a storewide sale, the item was marked down by 25%. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

a. What is the normal rate of markup based on cost?

%

b. What was the reduced sale price?

$

c. By how much was the item marked down in dollars?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The regular selling price is $98
After marking down by 25%, the
selling price is:

$73.50
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(a)
What is the normal % markup based on cost?
Let = the FRACTION of the markup

The % markup is:

63 and 1/3 %
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(b)
The reduced sale price is $73.50
( from above work )
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(c)

The item was marked down by $24.50
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