gwd10--33

Q33:

A store’s selling price of $2,240 for a certain computer would yield a profit of 40 percent of the store’s cost for the computer.  What selling price would yield a profit of 50 percent of the computer’s cost?

A.      $2,400

B.      $2,464

C.      $2,650

D.      $2,732

E.       $2,800

Answer: a

if the cost for the computer si X, than X(1+40%)=2240

The selling price with 50% profit would be: X(1+50%)=?

the cost is 1600, the selling price is 2400