Acollege bookstore marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 35%. if the selling price of a book is $54.00, how much did the bookstore pay for this book?

$40.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the original price of book.

We have been given that the a college bookstore marks up the price that it pays the publisher for a book by 35%.

The selling price of a book at college bookstore would be x plus 35% of x.

We are told that the selling price of a book is $54.00. We can represent this information in an equation as:

Therefore, the bookstore paid $40 for the book.

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