SOLUTION: Cost of training a puppy for 10 days is $349.99. For a brief period of time, the trainer offered a discount of 23% on his usual training fee. If the training fee during this time w
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Question 779180: Cost of training a puppy for 10 days is $349.99. For a brief period of time, the trainer offered a discount of 23% on his usual training fee. If the training fee during this time was $379.98, what is the usual profit for the trainer?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the usual fee to train puppy
= the discounted cost
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given:
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The usual profit is
$143.498
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The problem could have been worded better.
It should have said " the cost to the trainer
of training a puppy for 10 days is $349.99
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