The owner of a small store buys coats for $ each. Answer parts a and b.
a. sells the coats for $ each. What percent of the purchase price is the sale price?
The sale price is
Your answer is not correct. The correct answer is 140. You answered 55.% of the purchase price.
b. The owner increases the sale price by the same percent that you found in part a when buys jackets for $25 and sells them. How many jackets must the owner buy for the total jacket sales to be at least $260 ? Explain your answer.