Abox of 24 greeting cards is sold at a gift shop for $3.00. the cost to the store is $2.40. what is the markup as a percentage of the selling price?

25%

Step-by-step explanation:

formula for percent markup/discount= absulute value of original-new/original

plug the numbers is

(2.40-3.00/2.40) absolute value=0.25

0.25 as a percent is 25%

y = 0.77(x)

step-by-step explanation:

the jacket retains this value after 23% cut or retains 77% of original value. plug original 87 jacket price for x and the remaining value should be y.