Johnny Mac's Sporting Goods bought a baseball glove from Rawlings Sporting Goods for $66.00. They

Question

want to mark up the glove 70% on selling price. What should Johnny's sell the glove for?
A. $113.22
B. $179.82
C. $246.42
D. $220.00

Help my answer is wrong I came up with 112.20
66x.70%=46.20+66.00=112.20

Answer 1

I get the same answer you do.

However, online, “*” is used to indicate multiplication to avoid confusion with “x” as an unknown. Also 70% ≠ .70%.

1.7 * 66 = 112.20