document.write( "Question 1730: need 2 know formula 4 working out percentage on sale ie: $150 is the cost, i won't to make a profit of 25 % on the sale of the item \n" ); document.write( "

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You want to make a 25 per cent profit...\"PER CENT\"...\"per 100\"..\"out of 100\" ie 25 out of 100 is $\"25%2F100\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, in English..what is 25% of 150?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in maths... what is $\"%2825%2F100%29%2A150\"$ ? Answer is 37.5.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, this is the profit. So to make this profit, you would have to sell the item for 150+37.50 = 187.50.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Doing all this is condensed into the 1 line by the other tutor...but here is the explanation.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Try figuring out how to get to that one line answer from what i told you.\r
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