2. lamar purchases comic books at garage
sales and marks them up 75% before
reselling them to comic book dealers.
if lamar purchases a comic book at a
garage sale for $4, how much will he
charge the comic book dealer for it?

Lamar will charge to the comic dealer for a comic book.

Solution:

It is given that lamar purchases a comic book for . He then marks up the price of a comic book by which means he increases the price of the book by and then sells it to the comic dealer.

We have to find out how much will he charge the comic book dealer.

New price of the book after lamar marks up the price is given by

New price

=

Thus, lamar will charge to the comic dealer for a comic book.