Question

Ben paid 45 dollers for an old giutar than resold it after marking up the price 15 persent he used 36 persent of the money he got fornthe giutar tpo buy books how much money did ben spend on books

Answer 1

18.63 dollars.

Explanation:

The selling price was 45 + 15% or 45

= 45 + 0.15*45

= 51.75 dollars.

36% of 51.75

= 0.36 * 51.75

= 18.63 dollars which he had to spend on books.

Answer 2

18.63

Explanation:

45*115%= 45*1.15 = 51.75

51.75*0.36 = 18.63