document.write( "Question 697648: A book sells at retail for $9.00 which is 112.5% royalty of the wholesale price if the author gets 5% royalty of the whole sale price and her agent gets 20% of her royalties how much does her agent make per book? solve.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "a)3.00$
\n" ); document.write( "b)1.25$
\n" ); document.write( "c)0.90$
\n" ); document.write( "d)0.50$
\n" ); document.write( "e)0.08$ \n" ); document.write( "
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A book sells at retail for $9.00 which is 112.5% royalty of the wholesale price if the author gets 5% royalty of the whole sale price and her agent gets 20% of her royalties how much does her agent make per book? solve.
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\n" ); document.write( "retail = 1.125*wholesale
\n" ); document.write( "wholesale = 9/1.125 = $8
\n" ); document.write( "royalty = 0.05*8 = $0.40
\n" ); document.write( "agent gets 0.20*0.40 = $0.08 = 8 cents
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\n" ); document.write( "a)3.00$
\n" ); document.write( "b)1.25$
\n" ); document.write( "c)0.90$
\n" ); document.write( "d)0.50$
\n" ); document.write( "e)0.08$
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