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A furniture delaer purchased a desk for $150 and then set [#permalink] ### Show Tags 01 Sep 2005, 05:05 00:00 Difficulty: (N/A) Question Stats: 0% (00:00) correct 100% (03:03) wrong based on 1 sessions ### HideShow timer Statistics This topic is locked. If you want to discuss this question please re-post it in the respective forum. A furniture delaer purchased a desk for$150 and then set the selling price equal to the purchase price plus a markup that was 40% of the selling price. If the dealer sold the desk at the selling price, what was the amount of the dealer's gross profit from the purchase of the sale of the desk?

a) 40
b) 60
c) 80
d) 90
e) 100

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01 Sep 2005, 07:12
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150 + 0.4S = S

so S = 250 and profit = 100
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06 Sep 2005, 11:42
I got a) 40

This is because the sale price was the original price of $150.00 plus 40%. Since 40% of$150.00 is $60.00 the total sale price is$210.00. This is a profit of $60 which is a 40% increase over the original purchase price of$150.00.

I don't understand how you guys got E. Can someone please clarify where I went wrong?

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06 Sep 2005, 13:05
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I got a) 40

This is because the sale price was the original price of $150.00 plus 40%. Since 40% of$150.00 is $60.00 the total sale price is$210.00. This is a profit of $60 which is a 40% increase over the original purchase price of$150.00.

I don't understand how you guys got E. Can someone please clarify where I went wrong?

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I think you got the wording wrong. The question says "selling price equal to the purchase price plus a markup that was 40% of the selling price"

Sale price (SP) = 150 + 40 % of SP

SP - .4*SP=150, or SP = 250. and therefore profit = 100.
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