Question

A puppy is on sale at a pet store for $324,marked down 10% from an original selling price of 360.

A. if the markup from coast to sale price was $54,what was the cost? Round to the nearest dollar.
B. How would you solve the problem if you were given the sale price? please help me if you can

Answer 1

$ 360

Explanation:

Puppy is on sale for = $ 324

It is marked down by 10% from original selling price of $ 360

Markup from the original buying cost = $ 54

Original Cost was = 360 - 54 = $ 306

$ 360 was the original price which was marked down by 10% i.e. $ 36 to the sale price of $ 324