A store owner buys a case of 144 pens for $28.80. He sells the pens for $0.40 each. The owner claims that they marked the pens up by 50% before selling them. Prove that the owner calculated their markup correctly. If they did not, how much of a markup actually occurred?

$0.3

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Given

The owner buys 144 pens for $28.80 i.e. each pen costs

owner sells the pen at $0.4 i.e. price marked up by

So, the claim of the owner is incorrect

The actual increase in the price to get 50% markup

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