document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=999541>Question 999541</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A puppy is on sale at a pet store for $324, marked down 10% from an original selling price of $360. If the markup from the original buying cost to sale price was $54., what was the buying cost? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "it is marked down 10% from an original selling price of 360.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the markup from the original buying cost was 54.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "360 - 54 = 306.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the original buying cost was 306.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "306 was marked up 54 dollars to an original selling price of 360 and then marked down 36 dollars to the sale price of 324.\r<BR>\n" );
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