Please Help. I have worked and worked on this and just don't seem to undertand what I am suppose to do.

Misu Sheet, owner of the Bedspread Shop, knows his customers will pay no more than $115 for a comforter. Misu Sheet wants to advertise the comforter as "percent markup on cost."

a. What is the equivalent rate of percent markup on cost compared to the 20% markup on selling price? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth percent.)

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Misu Sheet, owner of the Bedspread Shop, knows his customers will pay no more than $120 for a comforter. Misu Sheet wants to advertise the comforter as "percent markup on cost."



a. What is the equivalent rate of percent markup on cost compared to the 30% markup on selling price?

To find the equivalent rate of percent markup on cost compared to the 20% markup on the selling price, we can use the formula:

Percent Markup on Cost = (Percent Markup on Selling Price) / (100 + Percent Markup on Selling Price)

In this case, the Percent Markup on Selling Price is 20%.

So, let's plug that into the formula:

Percent Markup on Cost = (20) / (100 + 20)

Percent Markup on Cost = (20) / (120)

Now, we can calculate the equivalent rate of percent markup on cost:

Percent Markup on Cost = 0.1667...

If we round it to the nearest hundredth percent, it becomes:

Percent Markup on Cost = 16.67%

Therefore, the equivalent rate of percent markup on cost compared to the 20% markup on selling price is 16.67%.