7TH GRADE MATH

Bee Paul, store manager for Jay's Appliance, is having a difficult time placing a selling price
on a plasma television that originally
costs $600. Bee knows his boss would like to have a 55 percent markup based on cost. The selling price should be:

answer is $330

Step-by-step explanation:

If you are ever dealing with percentages always put them into a decimal itll make things a lot easier

how you do that is 55/100 which is 0.55

then just multiply by the original number  

0.55 times 600 which is 330

hope this helped

question: how many people can she serve?

answer: she can serve 16.66666667 people. so she can only give 16 people a complete serving.

question: does she have enough ice cream for her guests?

answer: no. explanation: she only has enough for 16 people to have a full serving. however, she can give a 17th person a partial serving.