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A shopkeeper purchased footballs at $10 per football and sold them at a price equal to the purchase price plus a markup. If the markup was 10% of the selling price, what was the shopkeeper's profit in dollars, to the nearest cent, on each football?

A. 0.90
B. 1.00
C. 1.11
D. 2.00
E. 11.11

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The markup is the difference between the selling price and the purchase price. If we let the selling price be p, we can create the equation:

p - 10 = 0.1p

0.9p = 10

p = 10/0.9 = 100/9 ≈ 11.11

Thus, the profit is approximately 11.11 - 10 = $1.11.

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A shopkeeper purchased footballs at $10 per football and sold them at a price equal to the purchase price plus a markup. If the markup was 10% of the selling price, what was the shopkeeper's profit in dollars, to the nearest cent, on each football?

A. 0.90
B. 1.00
C. 1.11
D. 2.00
E. 11.11

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assume markup = x.
SP = 10 + x.
now we are given,
x = \(\frac{1}{10}\)(10+x)
we get 9x = 10
and x = 10/9.
Hence, the markup becomes 1.11 which is the profit on each football.

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