The wholesale price for a shirt is 7.50. A certain department store marks up the wholesale price by 70%. Find the price of the shirt in the department store.Round your answer to the nearest cent, as necessary.

Solution

Solution

Amount after addition : 12.75

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

x = 7.5 + 0.7 \cdot 7.5

x = 7.5 + 0.7 \cdot 7.5 : x = 12.75

Amount after addition : 12.75

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