A store has some dresses that cost the store $38 each. The manager want to sell them at a profit of 20% of it cost. What price should the store charge for each piece?

1 Answer
Apr 19, 2018

#=$45.6#

Explanation:

To find the price the store should sell the dresses at, you can add #20%#, or #0.2x# of the price to the purchase price of the store. Therefore, the expression
#1.2x#, where #x# is the store's purchase price of the dress.
#1.2x#
#1.2($38)#
#=$45.6#