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document.write( "the list price is 750.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the trade discount is 25%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore you buy the item for 750 minus .25 * 750 = 750 minus 187.5 = 562.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you then sell the item at 5% discount off the list price.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you sell it for 750 minus .05 * 750 = 750 minus 37.5 = 712.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your cost was 562.5 and you sold it for 712.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your profit is 712.5 minus 562.5 = 150.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your percent profit is 150 / 562.5 * 100 = 26.67% rounded to 2 decimal digits.\r<BR>\n" );
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