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Tyler is trying to sell his baseball bat. If he sells it for 371, he gains 6%. how much should he sell it for if he wishes to gain 8%?

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Answer:


\boxed{378}

Explanation:

We are given that if he sells a baseball bat for $371 dollars, he will gain 6% from when he paid to get the baseball bat. This means that if we set
x to be the price he paid for, if we add 6% of
x to that, we should get $371. We can write the equation
x+(6)/(100)x=371. Solving for x yields
x=350. However, we are looking for when he gains 8%, so we add 8% for 350 onto 350, which means that we are just simplifying
350+(8)/(100)\cdot350, which will get us
\boxed{378}

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