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A Department Store Buys Lawn Tractors For $1200 Less 25/20 And Sells Them At A Price Which Yields A Gross?

profit of 50% on cost. During a sale they sell the tractors and a reduction of 20% off the regular price. find the following cost of the contractors to the store,regular selling price,selling price during the sale.
Please help me figure this out just to let you know the top peragraph is connected to the second part i just added. thank for all your help.

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  1. amarsing Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    C.P after discount of 25/20 =(1200)(75/100)(80/100) =$720
    Regular Sale Price after 50% profit = 720X(150/100)=$1080
    Sale after discount 20% = 1080(80/100)=$864
    Profit=1080 – 864=$216 or profit %= (216/720)x100 = 30%

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