Question

a bookseller prices a particular book by raising its wholesale price 60% and then adding $0.75. what is the wholesale price of the book if it sells for $18.75?

Answer 1

Let's named wholesale price with variable x.

The appropriate equation is

1.6 x + 0.75 = 18.75 => 1.6x = 18.75 - 0.75 => 1.6x = 18 => x= 18/1.6

x= 11.25$        The wholesale price is 11.25$

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