document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1109800>Question 1109800</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A stall in Divisoria bought 225 blouses at PhP15,750. 25 of these blouses were sold at a mark-up of 150% based on cost, 175 pieces were<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sold at a mark-up of 75% of the cost, 10 pieces were sold during a clearance sale at PhP80 each and the remaining blouses were sold at<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20% below cost. Assuming that the blouses all cost the same,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. How much did each blouse cost?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. What was the amount of mark-up realized on the purchase?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. What was the percent mark-up based on the selling price? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #724785 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><B>JulietG(1812)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><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=JulietG><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=724785\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A. Assuming that the blouses all cost the same, the cost of each blouse is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15750 / 225 = 70.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. Let's take these one by one.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25 of the blouses were sold up at a markup of 150%. If something is marked up 100%, it's double the price right?  In this case, it's even more.  Multiply the number of blouses (25) by 2.5 (the 1 is the original cost, 1.5 is the markup) by 70 (the cost) to get 4375.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "175 blouses were sold at 1.75 x 70 = 21437.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 blouses were sold at 80, so 10x80 = 800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's 175+25+10 or 210.  That leaves 15 remaining.  15 were sold at .80 x 70 (a markdown of 20% is 80% of the cost) = 840<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now add them together. 4375 + 21437.5 + 800 + 840 = 27452.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract the original cost of 15750 to get a profit of 11702.5 (the markup).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. What is the percent markup?  Put another way, what percent of 15750 is 27452.5?  I get 74% (rounded - more exact is 74.3015873)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now that you can see the steps, check my math before you submit. </SPAN>\n" );
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