How much did they make on the sale?

Question

linda bought a dresser for a retail price of $299..laheather charges a 30% mark up on the sale how much did laheather make on the sale?

Answer 1

You know $299 is 130 percent of the original price (because it is 100 percent of the original price plus 30 percent) so just divide 299 by 1.3 to get the original price of $230.