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The owner of a small store buys coats for ​$ each. Answer parts a and b.

a. sells the coats for ​$ each. What percent of the purchase price is the sale​ price?
The sale price is
Your answer is not correct. The correct answer is 140. You answered 55.​% of the purchase price.
b. The owner increases the sale price by the same percent that you found in part a when buys jackets for ​$25 and sells them. How many jackets must the owner buy for the total jacket sales to be at least ​$260​ ? Explain your answer.

User WCMC
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Answer: 71.43%

Explanation:

User Yeji
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Answer:

71.43%

Explanation:

$77___100%

$55___x=71.43%

$55*100/$77 = 71.43%

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