A store sells candles. • The retail price was a 45% markup
over the manufacturer price.
• A month later, the store reduced the
retail price of the candles by 20
percent.
What percent markup is the new retail
price over the manufacturer price?

1. isolate the variable, in this case, d. subtract 35.5 on both sides of the equation.2. 52 subtracted by 35.5 is 16.53. therefore your answer would be d= 16.5this is the basics of pre algebra, isolating variable through adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, if you have any other questions to ask just comment!