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Let the wholesale price be 100
Marked price by merchant on other days= 1.6*100=160
Marked price by merchant on Presidents' day= 0.75*160=120
Difference= 120-100= 20
% of profit earned over the wholesale price= \(\frac{20}{100}\)*100= 20%

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A merchant prices a television at 60 percent above wholesale. For a Presidents’ Day sale, the merchant marks the television down by 25 percent. If he sells the television during the Presidents’ Day sale, what percentage over the wholesale price will he have earned?

A. 75
B. 50
C. 35
D. 25
E. 20

We can let the wholesale price of the television be $100. Thus, the regular retail price of the television is $160, and the discounted price is 160 x 0.75 = $120. We see that $120 is 20% over the wholesale price of $100.

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A merchant prices a television at 60 percent above wholesale. For a Presidents’ Day sale, the merchant marks the television down by 25 percent. If he sells the television during the Presidents’ Day sale, what percentage over the wholesale price will he have earned?

A. 75
B. 50
C. 35
D. 25
E. 20
\(+60 - 25 + \frac{(60)(-25)}{100}\)

= \(35 - 15\)

= \(20\), Answer must be (E)
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