The owner of a small store buys coats for $60.00 each. Answer parts a and b. a. He sells the coats for $96.00 each. What percent of the purchase price is the sale price?
The sale price is % of the purchase price.
b. The owner increases the sale price by the same percent that you found in part a when he buys
jackets for $45 and sells them. How many jackets must the owner buy for the total jacket sales to
be at least $250? Explain your answer.
The owner must buy jacket(s).
Explain your answer.
He sells the jackets for % of $45, or $
He can only sell a whole number of
jackets, so he needs to sell I.