# Math

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Vic's Department Store bought a pewter serving set for \$1,250. Vic wants to markup the set at 60% of the selling price. The selling price of the pewter serving set should be:

Answer: \$3,125 How to to solve this? Confused?

• Math - ,

Let the selling price be \$x

If the markup is 60% based on the selling price, then
.4x = 1250
x = 1250/.4 = 3125
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