document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1034861>Question 1034861</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When a clothing store first makes an item available for purchase, the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "price is marked up 60% above the cost to the store. What discount<BR>\n" );
document.write( "can the store offer so that the discounted price is the same as the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "original cost to the store?Express your answer as a percent to the nearest tenth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 37.5% (How?) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #649527 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=649527\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Percentages are ratios, which can be expressed as fractions,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and if you are lucky, as decimals.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60%25=60%2F100=0.6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60%25=60%2F100=0.6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= original cost to the store<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60%25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60%25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2860%2F100%29c=0.6c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2860%2F100%29c=0.6c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%2B0.6c=1.6c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%2B0.6c=1.6c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= marked-up price<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the discounted price is the same <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as the original cost to the store,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the discount is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28c%2B0.6c%29-c=0.6c ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28c%2B0.6c%29-c=0.6c\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "As a fraction of the marked-up price, the discount is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.6c%2F%221.6+c%22=0.6%2F1.6=6%2F16=3%2F8=0.375=37.5%2F100=highlight%28%2237.5%25%22%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.6c%2F%221.6+c%22=0.6%2F1.6=6%2F16=3%2F8=0.375=37.5%2F100=highlight%28%2237.5%25%22%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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