Question

it costs kerry $400 to build a tree house. he sells the tree house to nannette and makes a 48% profit. how much does nannette pay for the tree house?

i multiply 400x48% and i got $192, am i right

Answer 1

How can that be? Kerry made a profit, but Nannette paid less than half his cost????

400 * 0.48 = 192

400 + 192 = ______ amount Nannette pays

Answer 2

592

Answer 3

Right. Doesn't that make sense to you?

Answer 4

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Answer 5

first, you take the 400 and multiply that by .48 which equals 192 so then you do 192 plus 400 which equals 592 and there's ur answer!

Answer 6

1. 400 2. 400
x 0.48 +192
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$132.00 $592

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