SOLUTION: The book barn prices it's books by raising the wholesale price 55% and then adding 85 cents. What I'd the wholesale price of a paperback that sells for $5?

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Question 974380: The book barn prices it's books by raising the wholesale price 55% and then adding 85 cents. What I'd the wholesale price of a paperback that sells for $5?
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The book barn prices it's [sic] books by raising the wholesale price 55% and then adding 85 cents. What I'd [sic] the wholesale price of a paperback that sells for $5?
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500 - 85 = 415 cents
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W = wholesale price
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415 = W + 0.55*W = 1.55W
W = 415/1.55
W =~ 293.55 cents
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PS it's = it is

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