A purchaser paid $287.70 for a TV that cost the seller $210. If the seller's markup was 37% of the $210 cost, then what would be the percent markup based on the selling price? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.)

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A purchaser paid $287.70 for a TV that cost the seller $210. If the seller's markup was 37% of the $210 cost, then what would be the percent markup based on the selling price? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.)
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Markup is the difference between a product's selling price and cost as a percentage of the cost. For example, if a product sells for $125 and costs $100, the additional price increase is

=($125-$100)$100=25%

The formula to calculate percent markup based on the selling price:

Percent markup based on the selling price=Selling Price - CostCost

 

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