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A beauty salon buys bottles of gel for $4.50 per bottle and marks up the price by 40%. For what price does the salon sell each bottle?

Answer 1

$6.30

or..

$6.3

Explanation:

First, find out how much 40% of $4.50 is. 4.50×.40 (to find out the decimal equivalent of a percentage you divide by 100. which gives you $1.80 as your mark up. Last you need to add your markup to the original price. 4.50+1.80 = 6.30