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A garden store bought a fountain at a cost of $995.66 and marked it up 100%. Later on, the store marked it down 25%. What was the discount price?

User Scorpian
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Answer:

248.91500

Explanation:

User Roywilliam
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Answer: $1493.49

Explanation:

Mark-up formulas:

price=cost+mark-up

mark-up=mark-up percentage×cost

Discount formulas:

discount price=original price–discount

discount=discount percentage×original price

solve

First find the original price. Write 100% as the decimal 1.00 before using it in the equation.

price

= cost+mark-up

= 995.66+1.00×995.66

= 995.66+995.66

= 1,991.32

The original price was $1,991.32.

Now find the discount price. Write 25% as the decimal 0.25 before using it in the equation.

discount price

= original price–discount

= 1,991.32–0.25×1,991.32

= 1,991.32–497.83

= 1,493.49

The discount price was $1,493.49.

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