A hand-held telephone set that cost a dealer $240 less 55% and 25% is marked up 230%

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A hand-held telephone set that cost a dealer $240 less 55% and 25% is marked up 230% of cost. The dealer overhead expenses are 25% of the regular selling price. For a sales promotion, the telephone sets were reduced 40%.
(a) What is the regular selling price?
(b) What is the sale price?
(c) At the sale price, what profit or loss was realized?
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Contemporary Business Mathematics with Canadian Applications

ISBN: 978-0133052312

10th edition

Authors: S. A. Hummelbrunner, Kelly Halliday, K. Suzanne Coombs

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