The price of the board game before the markup is $21.50.
<h3>What is the cost before the markup?</h3>
Percentage can be described as a fraction an amount that is usually expressed as a number out of hundred. The sign used to represent percentages is %.
When the price of an item is marked up, it means that the price of the item has been increased by a predetermined percentage. In this question, the price of the board game is increased by 25%.
Price of the item before the mark up = price the retailer sells / ( 1 + percentage)
