SOLUTION: A college book store marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 35%. If the selling price of a book is $92.00, how much did the bookstore pay for the book?

SOLUTION: A college book store marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 35%. If the selling price of a book is $92.00, how much did the bookstore pay for the book?

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Question 567540: A college book store marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 35%. If the selling price of a book is $92.00, how much did the bookstore pay for the book?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
We can set this up as an algebra problem:
x represents the price of the book paid to the publisher.
x + .35x = 92
Solve for x
1.35x=92
x= approx $68.15
Make sense?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com
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