Question

Nicole owns a clothing store. She marks up all her items from thewholesaler at a rate of 60%.a. She pays $45 per shirt from the wholesaler. Find the price she wouldsell each shirt for in her store.b. What would it cost to buy 4 shirts from her store, after tax of5%GST?

Answer 1

Let

x-------> the number of shirts

y------> the number of jeans

we know that

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If she sold the shirts at profit and jeans at profit, her total profit was

so

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we have the following system of equations

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using a graph tool

see the attached figure

The solution of the system is the intersection both graphs

the solution is the point

that means

therefore

the answer is

the number of shirts is

the number of jeans is