Aused car dealer has a has a vehicle on the lot with a sticker price of $5,999. if the dealers markup is 20%, how much did the dealer pay for the car?
a.$4999.17
b$4925.75
c.$4000.00
d.$4499.15

as you can see by attachment i've typed all the possible answers correctly. my math isn't coming out to any of these answers. i took $5999. - 0.2= $1199.80
$5999. - $1199.80 = $4799.20

either i'm doing it totally wrong or the 4 choices are wrong. which would be best choice if the 4 choices are wrong?

Option A.$4999.17 is the right answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Selling price of the car in a vehicle lot = $5999

            Markup is given as 20%.

To find: Dealer's cost price for the car.

Solution: Let the cost price of a car to the dealer is = $x

             Then Selling price of the car = x + markup.

                                                             = x + 0.20x

                                                5999 = 1.20x

                                                x = 5999÷1.2 = $4991.67

So the nearest value given in the options is $4999.17 is the right answer.

the coordinates of a' are (-5, 10)

what i did is i   turned 2 1/2 into an improper fraction which is 5/2. then i multiplied this (the scale factor) by the coordinates of a which is (-2,4).

hope this : )