document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=24903>Question 24903</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me understand and find the answer to the following problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a store bought a $3000 shipment of ski jackets and offered them for sale after a markup of @25 each. all but ten were sold, and the store made a profit of $750. how many jackets were in the shipment?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "javier </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #13417 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=askmemath><B>askmemath(368)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=askmemath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=13417\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the price of each jacket be $X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If each jacket was sold at a mark up of $25, then each jacket was sold at $X+$25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This new selling price caused a profit of $750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Which means that the extra $25 per jacket caused the profit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now how many jackets would need to be sold to make $750?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again if all but 10 were sold it means that there were originally 30+10 = 40jackets </SPAN>\n" );
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