Answer: $0.3
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
The owner buys 144 pens for $28.80 i.e. each pen costs

owner sells the pen at $0.4 i.e. price marked up by

So, the claim of the owner is incorrect
The actual increase in the price to get 50% markup

Answer:
150 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
4512 handshakes
Step-by-step explanation:
We are told in the question, that there are
96 people in the room = 48 couples
Assuming that no husband or wife shakes each others hand but everyone else shakes hands exactly once
This means
48 couples will shake 94 people because they are excluded
This is calculated as
48 × 94 = 4512 handshakes
3e^2 + 5e = e(3e +5)
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