Question

Dana buys dress shirt from a clothing manufacturer for y dollars each, and then sells the dress shirts in her retail clothing store at a 35% markup.What is the retail price of a dress shirt that dana purchased for 32.00 dollars?

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

a) 35% as a decimal is 0.35  

b)Using the formula retail price = original price + markup gives s + 0.35s = 1.35s  

c) Plugging in s= 32 into the expression gives a retail price of 1.35(32) = 43.20  

d) The amount of markup was 0.35(32) = 11.20