SOLUTION: A college book store marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 35%. If the selling price of a book is 56.00, how muchdid the book store pay for this book?

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Question 52001: A college book store marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 35%. If the selling price of a book is 56.00, how muchdid the book store pay for this book?
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1.35X=56.00 OR X=56.00/1.35 OR X=41.48
PROOF 1.35*41.48=56.00 OR 56.00=56.00