Answer: the store paid $18.3 for the sweater
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the amount that the store paid for the sweater.
A store marks up the price of a sweater by $7.35. This means that the new or current price of the sweater at the store would be
7.35 + x
The total cost of the sweater is 25.65. Therefore, an equation to represent the problem would be
7.35 + x = 25.65
Subtracting 7.35 from the left hand side and the right hand side of the equation, it becomes
7.35 + x - 7.35 = 25.65 - 7.35
x = $18.3
She could estimate that there would be about 148 million female drivers.
From her data, she found there were 118 females drivers out of the total 200 drivers that she counted.
That is 118 out of 200 or 0.59 or 59%.
Now, just take 59% of 250.
0.59 x 250 = 147.5 which rounds to 148.
