So you know the merchant made a 15% profit on the pen, so she bought it for a cheaper price. To find the cost of the pen before you have to take the price now, $6.90 and times it by 85%. You do 85% because you subtract the 15% she saved from 100% and you get 85%. So 6.90x.85= 5.865 which rounds to $5.87
There is no solution since 5 doesn't equal 45
Answer:
True speed of the car is 87 km/h.
Step-by-step explanation:
Speed = 100 km/h
hike in speed = 25 %
Let the true speed is v.
