Question

The wholesale price for a desk is 109$ a certain furniture store marks up the wholesale price by 25% find the price of the desk in the furniture storeRound your answer to the nearest cent

Answer 1

Given:

Desk price = 109

25% of the 109 is:

$\begin{gathered} =\frac{25}{100}\times109 \\ =0.25\times109 \\ =27.25 \end{gathered}$

So price of the desk in the furniture is:

$\begin{gathered} =109+27.25 \\ =136.25 \end{gathered}$