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An Apple ipod sells for $299, which is marked up 40% of the selling price. The cost of the Ipod is what?
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An Apple ipod sells for $299, which is marked up 40% of the selling price. The cost of the Ipod is what?

User Sameer Manek
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Answer:$179.4

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User RH Becker
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This means that the original price is 60%, which we will use to calculate it.
299 (the discounted price) : x (the original price) = 60 % : 100 %
60x = 299 * 100
60x = 29900
x = 29900 / 60
x = 498.33
The cost of the Ipod is $498.33
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