document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=7139>Question 7139</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Ajax Company can sell gidgets for $10.97 a piece.  What does it cost the company to manufacture each gidget if it makes a profit of 8%.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer that my book has, I am not getting.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried doing a proportion\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2F10.97=8%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2F10.97=8%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Yet, that is not the answer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I multiplied $10.97 x 8% and I still subtract that from $10.97 and I did not get the answer.  Please help me.  I am frustrated. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #3935 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=prince_abubu><B>prince_abubu(198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=prince_abubu><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=3935\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Alright. I take it that the price of the widget ($10.97) ALREADY includes the 8% profit. The cost to manufacture widget, then, is some price lower than the $10.97.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, you don't know what the \"original\" price is, so let's call it p. You know that they jacked up whatever p is by 8% to get to $10.97. The resulting equation would then be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+P+%2B+0.8P+=+10.97+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+P+%2B+0.8P+=+10.97+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Combine the like terms, then you'll get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+1.08P+=+10.97+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+1.08P+=+10.97+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. When you solve for P, you should get the original (manufacturing) price of about $10.16. </SPAN>\n" );
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