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Bill sells widgets. It costs $5.30 to build each widget. How much extra should he mark up the widget to ensure a 40%

User Yadi
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Step-by-step explanation

let x represents 140 of the original price

Step 1

if


\begin{gathered} 5.3\Rightarrow100 \\ \text{then} \\ x\Rightarrow40 \end{gathered}

as the proportion is the same


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