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A store pays $37\$37 for a remote control car and marks the price up by 1515% . What is the amount of the mark-up? \newline$\$_____

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Q. A store pays $37\$37 for a remote control car and marks the price up by 1515% . What is the amount of the mark-up? \newline$\$_____
  1. Convert to Decimal: What is 15%15\% as a decimal?\newline15÷100=0.1515 \div 100 = 0.15\newline15%15\% as decimal is 0.150.15
  2. Calculate Markup Amount: We have:\newlineCost price of the remote control car: \$\(37\)\(\newline\)Markup percent in decimal: \(0.15\)\(\newline\)How much is the markup amount?\(\newline\)Markup amount = Cost price \(\times\) Markup percent in decimal\(\newline\)= \(37 \times 0.15\)\(\newline\)= \$\(5\).\(55\)

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