Suppose that the farmer had bought the rice at x dollars per bag and had sold them at a 25% markup. How much did the bags cost him before he added the markup? 1.25x =$75 results in $75/1.25, or $60 per bag.

If he sold 25 bags, his profit would be 1.25($60/bag)(25 bags) = $1875.

I very seriously doubt that the rice was $7500 per bag. Perhaps you meant $75/bag...?

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After a lesson on exponents,Tia went home and said to her mom,"I learned that 10 to the power of 4 is the same as 40,000." She h

White raven [17]

Tia went home and said to her mom,"I learned that 10 to the power of 4 is the same as 40,000."

Tia made a mistake in her thinking. Exponent represents the number of zeros.

$10^4$ means we multiply 10 four times