document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=974380>Question 974380</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "500 - 85 = 415 cents<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "W = wholesale price<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "415 = W + 0.55*W = 1.55W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = 415/1.55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W =~ 293.55 cents<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS  it's = it is<BR>\n" );
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