Zara owns a hairdressing salon. She buys a pack of 60 bottles of shampoo from the warehouse for $240. She plans to sell the bottles of shampoo to her customers for $5.50 each. Calculate the percentage profit Zara makes on each bottle she sells for $5.50.
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To do this, we can divide the total cost of the pack by the number of bottles in the pack: $240 / 60 bottles = $4 per bottle Now, we need to find the profit Zara makes on each bottle she sells for $5.50. To do this, we can subtract the cost per bottle from the Show more…
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