Question

The manager at Gabriela's Furniture Store is trying to figure out how much to charge for a book shelf that just arrived. The book shelf was bought at a wholesale price of $147.00 and Gabriela's Furniture Store marks up all furniture by 60%

Answer 1

whatever% of anything is just (whatever/100) * anything.

the book shelf cost was 147 bucks, well, 60% will be the markup, so the additional amount will just be 60% of 147, or (60/100) * 147.

add that to 147, and that's the retail price of the book shelf.