SOLUTION: A bookseller sells paperback books with a 45% markup. If the cost to the bookseller for a book is $14.00, how much does the bookseller charge?
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Question 1084253: A bookseller sells paperback books with a 45% markup. If the cost to the bookseller for a book is $14.00, how much does the bookseller charge?
Answer by wbb(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$14.00*0.45= $6.30
$14.00+$6.30= $20.30
Alternatively you can multiply $14.00 by 1.45, since you are marking it up. That also gets $20.30.
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