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John bought 8 goats at 1040000.He sold these goats and made a profit of 15% on each goat.How much did he sell each goat?​

User Yechale Degu
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Answer:

149500

Explanation:

since there's 8 goats, each goat would be 1040000/8, which is 130000 per goat.

marketing at a 15% increase means the new percentage would be 115%, which could be represented by 1.15.

130000 * 1.15 = 149500 / goat

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