SOLUTION: Help me solve this problem. Jessie's Juice Bar prices its bottled juices by raising the wholesale price 50% and adding 25 cents. What is the wholesale price of a bottle of juice

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Question 842603: Help me solve this problem. Jessie's Juice Bar prices its bottled juices by raising the wholesale price 50% and adding 25 cents. What is the wholesale price of a bottle of juice that sells for $2.95?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the wholesale price =
The wholesale price plus 50% is
The selling price is




The wholesale price is $1.80

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