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Marissa's Fashions purchases designer boots from a manufacturer for $50.88 per pair. Marissa then adds a certain amount to the price of the boots as a markup when she sells them in the store. The total cost for a customer buying the boots at the store is $90.10. This includes a 6.25% sales tax that is added after the markup.
The percent of markup before tax is about
%, which is a markup of $
per pair of boots.