Question

The store bought a pair of shoes for $30,and is sold for $70. What percentage was the markup?

Answer 1

70/30 since 30 was the original price then x over 100 and cross multiply and get 7,000 and divide that by $30

Explanation:

Answer 2

I will try to explain as comprehensibly as possible and if it help hit the thanks
30$=100%(original shoe price)
30/100=.3$(1% shoe price)
This means now we can get new price and divide by number of 1% to get %markup
70/.3=233.33%
The answer is 233.33%