Electric Buys purchases scanners for $75 each and retails them at $150 each.  a) What is the rate of markup?  b) What is the gross profit margin?

Most gasoline stations price gasoline out to 9/10 of a cent—that is,  $2.43 9/10 per gallon rather than just $2.43 per gallon. How much extra money per day (in dollars) might a gasoline station expect to make from this extra 9/10 cent per gallon? (Assume the gas station sells 900 gallons of gas per day.)

A computer assembly firm purchases computer parts at $220 per computer. The operating expenses are 22% on cost and rate of markup is 50% on cost. Round to the nearest cent a. What is the selling price of each computer?   b. What is the operating profit per computer? Round to the nearest cent

Keisha borrowed $300 from a bank for 5 years and was charged simple interest.The total intrest that she paid on the loan was $120. As a percentage, what was the annual intrest rate of her loan?

What is my gross margin (also called gross profit) AND gross margin percentage (%) if I sell a bag of Cheeze-Its for $1.25, and my cost of goods for each bag is $.40?

Calculate the fuel cost per mile of a vehicle that can travel 400 miles on a tank of fuel, has a 25-gallon tank, and a gallon of fuel costs $3.55 per gallon.  Calculate to the nearest one tenth of a cent.

During a typical year at a certain state fair, milk sales total 70,000 gallons. (a) If the fair runs for 10 days, determine the average number of gallons sold each day.    (b) How many 8-ounce cups per day would this be?    (c) If 1 cup of milk costs $1.25, how much money (in dollars) per day is made in milk sales?

If a 46-piece set of stainless steel flatware costs $151.80 at a certain store, what is the cost (in dollars) per piece?

Benji receives a yearly salary of $74,820. He is paid monthly, and his regular workweek is 37 hours. a) What is his gross pay per pay period? b) What is the equivalent hourly rate of pay? c) What is the gross pay for a period in which he works 6.5 hours overtime at time and a half the regular pay?

A worker gets paid 8.99 $/hour. The worker works on average 35.2 hours/week for 48 weeks per year. How much does the worker make in 3.3 years?