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taurus [48]
3 years ago
5

A pet store owner set the price of a bag of cat food at 50% above the cost. When it did not sell, the price was reduced by 20%,

to $12.00. What was the original cost?
Mathematics
2 answers:
algol [13]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

60

Step-by-step explanation:

MA_775_DIABLO [31]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

$10.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the original cost of bag of cat food.

We have been given that a pet store owner set the price of a bag of cat food at 50% above the cost. So the cost of cat food would be x plus 50% of x.

x+\frac{50}{100}*x\rightarrow x+0.5x=1.5x

We are further told that the price was reduced by 20%, when it did not sell. So price of cat food after reduction would be 1.5x minus 20 percent of 1.5x.

1.5x-(\frac{20}{100}\times 1.5x)

1.5x-(0.20\times 1.5x)

1.5x-(0.3x)

1.2x

Since price after reduction was $12, so we will equate 1.2x with 12 as:

1.2x=12

\frac{1.2x}{1.2}=\frac{12}{1.2}

x=10

Therefore, the original cost of cat food was $10.

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