Mr. Rafaelo runs a bicycle store. He sells
a bike for $165, including the tax.
- To determine the selling price, he added $10
to the cost of the bike for a child's seat on
the back.
- Then he doubled the total for his own markup.
- Last, he added $15 for sales tax.
How much
did the bike cost Mr. Rafaelo?
- Explain your solution in detail using
words, numbers,
and/or pictures.
- Consider
this problem a short-answer question
worth 2
points.
- Remember
for a short-answer
question you
need to do two things.
- answer
the question
and
- explain or support your
answer
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