Astore owner uses a selling price of 125% of the cost of an item. if a pair of jeans has a sales price of $52.50, what cost does the store owner pay for the pair of jeans.

The cost store owner pay for the pair of jeans is $42.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

A store owner uses a selling price of 125% of the cost of an item.

If a pair of jeans has a sales price of $52.50.

Now, to find the cost price of the store owner pay for the pair of jeans.

Let the cost price of jeans be

Sell price of jeans =

Now, to get the cost price of store owner pay for the pair of jeans:

As given the store owner uses a selling price of 125% of the cost of an item.

According to question:

Dividing both sides by 1.25 we get:

The cost price of jeans = $42.

Therefore, the cost store owner pay for the pair of jeans is $42.

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