The wholesale price for a chair is 156. A certain furniture store marks up the wholesale price by 21%. Find the price of the chair in the furniture store.Round your answer to the nearest cent, as necessary.

Solution

Solution

Amount after addition : 188.76

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

x = 156 + 0.21 \cdot 156

x = 156 + 0.21 \cdot 156 : x = 188.76

Amount after addition : 188.76

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