a fashion designer sold a pair of jeans to a retail store for 40 percent more than it cost to manufacture the pair of jeans . a customer bought the pair of jeans for 40 percent more than the retailer paid for them . the price the customer paid was what percent greater than the cost of manufacturing the jeans ?
"find the product of the two increases : ( 14 / 10 ) * ( 14 / 10 ) which is 1.96 and a 96 % increase . e"
multiply(subtract(divide(multiply(multiply(const_100, add(const_1, divide(40, const_100))), add(const_1, divide(40, const_100))), const_100), const_1), const_100)