Question

Abdul buys dress pants from a clothing company for p dollars. He then sells each pair of pants in his men’s clothing shop at a 40% markup.

a. Write the markup as a decimal ______

b. Write an expression for the retail price of a pair of dress pants _____

c. What is the retail price of the pants that Abdul purchases for $56.00? _____

d. How much did Abdul add to the original price of the pants? ____

Answer 1

A) 0.4, to do this just do 40/100

B) x + 0.4x= retail price

C) 56*0.4= 22.4, so add this to the original price for a total of $78.4

D) Just like in part C, 56*0.4= $22.4