SOLUTION: The wholesale price for a bookcase is $137. A certain furniture store marks up the wholesale price by 24%. Find the price of the bookcase in the furniture store. Round your answer

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Question 1201960: The wholesale price for a bookcase is $137. A certain furniture store marks up the wholesale price by 24%. Find the price of the bookcase in the furniture store.
Round your answer to the nearest cent, as necessary.
Answer by ikleyn(52800) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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137 + 0.24*137 dollars.

Use your calculator.


                            There is  NO  NEED  to round,
                        since your answer will be in whole cents.
        The author's instruction about rounding was added by mistake.


Happy calculations (!)


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