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Question Help A college bookstore marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 40 %. If the selling price of a book is $ 70.00 , how much did the bookstore pay fo…

Question Help A college bookstore marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 40 %. If the selling price of a book is $ 70.00 , how much did the bookstore pay fo…
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Question Help A college bookstore marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 40 %. If the selling price of a book is $ 70.00 , how much did the bookstore pay for this​ book

User Haris Hajdarevic
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40 % = 0.4
70 • 0.4 =28
70 - 28 = 42$
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