An advertisement claims that a 5-pound box of detergent will wash 20 loads of laundry. a 5-pound box costs $3.50. a 15-pound box costs $10.00. about how much will you save per load if you buy the 15-pound box?

With the 15 pound box you can wash 3x the amount of laundry for 30 cents less .

Step-by-step explanation:

$3.50 x3 will do the same amount of laundry but will cost more.

so your better buy would be the 15 pound box. :]

wholesale price is the initial price before markup. retail price comes after the markup.

a price of 8 bucks that's marked up by 100%   is

formula: initial price + (percent markup in fraction/decimal)(initial price)

8+(1)(8)

8+8

16

retail price is $16.

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