The O! Natural Company is trying to get schools in the state to sell their juice product.


a. If the sales representative went to 300 schools and convinced 125 to sell their product, what
percentage decided to not sell their product? Use two different strategies to calculate the answer.


b. The sales representative made a deal with the schools for a discount on the individual juice bottles.
The company usually sells the bottles to the distributors for $2.25, but they are selling them to the
schools for 15% off. For what price will they sell each bottle to the schools?


c. Suppose the schools pay $2.00 per bottle for the juice and sell it to community members for $2.50 per
bottle. What percent markup are they charging?

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Answer:

For a. divide 125 by 300 then multiply by 100

The answer for a. is 41.66%

For b. convert percentage to decimal divide by 100 then multiply 0.15 by 2.25 to get 0.3375‬. Round it off to 0.34 and subtract that from 2.25 to get

The answer for b. is $1.91

For c. you have to figure out the difference first. 2.50 minus 2.00 is 0.50

So then what percent of 2.00 is 0.50

Divide 2.00 by 0.50 to get 4.

The answer for c. is 4%

Honestly this was kinda rushed because I'm in the middle of a quiz so yea hope this helps you.

From yours truly to you,

Que.