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Marissa's Fashions purchases designer boots from a manufacturer for $50.88 per pair. Marissa then adds a certain amount to the price of the boots as a markup when she sells them in the store. The total cost for a customer buying the boots at the store is $90.10. This includes a 6.25% sales tax that is added after the markup.

The percent of markup before tax is about
%, which is a markup of $
per pair of boots.

3 answers

The markup before tax is $39.22 per pair of boots. To find the markup percentage, we first need to subtract the cost of the boots from the total price:

$90.10 - $50.88 = $39.22

Then, we can divide the markup by the cost of the boots and multiply by 100 to get the percentage:

($39.22 / $50.88) x 100 = 77.07%

Rounded to the nearest hundredth, the percent of markup before tax is about 77.07%, which is a markup of $39.22 per pair of boots.
Rounded to the nearest hundredth, the percent of markup before tax is about 66.67%, which is a markup of $33.92 per pair of boots.
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If the total cost for a customer buying the boots at the store is $90.10, which includes a 6.25% sales tax that is added after the markup, we can first find the cost before tax by dividing the total cost by 1 plus the sales tax rate:

Cost before tax = $90.10 / (1 + 0.0625) = $84.70

Then, we can find the markup by subtracting the cost of the boots from the cost before tax:

Markup = $84.70 - $50.88 = $33.82

Finally, we can calculate the markup percentage by dividing the markup by the cost of the boots and multiplying by 100:

Markup percentage = ($33.82 / $50.88) x 100 = 66.54%

Therefore, rounded to the nearest hundredth, the percent of markup before tax is about 66.54%, which is a markup of $33.82 per pair of boots.