Question

The wholesale price for a shirt is $3.50.a certain department store marks up the wholesale price by 50%. Find the price of the shirt in the department store. Round l your answer to the nearest cent as necessary

Answer 1

The price of the pillow in the department store will be $ 5.95.

Explanation:

The quantity of anything is stated as though it were a fraction of a hundred. A quarter of 100 can be used to express the ratio.

The wholesale price for a pillow is $3.50.

A certain department store marks up the wholesale price by 70%.

Then the price of the pillow in the department store will be

⇒ $ 3.5 x 1.7

⇒ $ 5.95