Answer:
Below is the answer.
Step-by-step explanation:
let s = the selling price.
the selling price presumably includes the cost plus the mark up plus the anticipated profit.
you have s = c + m + p
since m = 3450 and m = .4 * s, then you get:
.4 * s = 3450.
solve for s to get = 3450 / .4 = 8625.
your equation of s = c + m + p becomes:
8625 = c + 3450 + p
you don't know what p is supposed to be.
you don't know what c is supposed to be.
you need p to solve for c.
you need c to solve for p.
the best you can do is solve for c in terms of p, or solve for p in terms of c.
solving for c in terms of p gets you:
c = 8625 - 3450 - p which becomes c = 5175 - p
solving for p in terms of c gets you:
p = 8625 - 3450 - c which becomes p = 5175 - c.
you say that overhead expenses are 27% of the cost.
does this assume that overhead expenses are included in the cost.
regardless, if you don't know the cost, you can't solve for the overhead expenses.
i don't think you can solve this problem with the information given.
you might want to check to see if you're missing some information required to solve it.
