An item is purchased for a wholesale price of $48 and will be sold at a 55 percent markup. Which expression should be used to find the amount of the markup?

$48(0.55)—I promise this is correct. The others who answer $48(0.55)+$48 did NOT read the question correctly.  The question reads: which expression should be used to find the AMOUNT OF THE MARKUP.

Step-by-step explanation:

correct

$48(0.55)=$26.40 that is the amount of the markup.

wrong

$48(0.55)+$48 if you add $26.40 to $48, you get the RETAIL price.

Not to brag, but we made A 100%. This is the correct answer.  It really bugs me when they phrase these question so poorly.  Especially when school systems like ours s don’t give us teachers who we can go to for assistance.

the most boring thing ever written

step-by-step explanation:

i am writing something. yes, i plan to make it the most boring thing ever written. i go to the store. a car is parked. many cars are parked or moving. some are blue. some are tan. they have windows. in the store, there are items for sale. these include such things as soap, detergent, magazines, and lettuce. you can enhance your life with these products. soap can be used for bathing, be it in a bathtub or in a shower. apply the soap to your body and rinse. detergent is used to wash clothes. place your dirty clothes into a washing machine and add some detergent as directed on the box. select the appropriate settings on your washing machine and you should be ready to begin. magazines are stapled reading material made with glossy paper, and they cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from news and politics to business and stock market information. some magazines are concerned with more recreational topics, like sports card collecting or different kinds of hairstyles. lettuce is a vegetable.