The store bought a pair of shoes for $50, and sold it for $80. What percentage was the markup?
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Answer:
The correct answer is 60%.
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that the store had a profit of $ 30 for the pair of shoes sold.
Now we must transform that $ 30 into a percentage.
And one of the ways in which we can calculate this percentage is with the following percentage formula:
P is the percentage we want to calculate.
The number B is the profit we have obtained, 30
And number A is the total of the product, 50
Thus:
P= 60 %
Given this information, we can say that the percentage markup is 60%.
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Remark
This is very complicate unless you pick the right method. It's very handy o know about substitutions.
Method
Let z = (k + 2)^2
Now the problem becomes
z + 16/z = 92 Multiply through by z
Solution
z^2 + 16 = 92z
That does not look very promising. If you know the quadratic formula, this mess can be solved. If you do not know what the quadratic formula is, then what I've written is the answer.
Worse yet, you have to know what complex numbers are. Is this something you know about? The z form of this equation is fine. It gives answers that are rational. The problem is that both are negative and so in your next step, you will be forced to take the square root of a negative number.
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x^2 + 6x + 25 = 92x^2 + 552x + 828 Put the left over to the right.
0 = 92x^2 - x^2 + 552x - 6x + 828 - 25
0 = 91x^1 + 546x + 803
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