 | Almon Ticknor - 1846 - 276 sider
...with the selling price of the article, to find the prime cost, what is to be done ? What is rule 4 1 When the selling price and the gain or loss per cent. are given, to find what would be the profit or loss per cent. if sold at any other price what is to be done ?... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1849 - 336 sider
...injured, he is willing to lose 15 per cent. ; for how much must he sell the 7cwt. ? ART. 257. To find the cost when the selling price and the gain or loss per cent. are given. Ex. 1. If I sell flour at $ 5 per barrel, and by so doing make 25 per cent., what was the cost of the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1850 - 346 sider
...gained 18 per cent. ; what was the first cost of the shoes ? Ans. $ 1355.93+. QUESTION. — Art. 257. What is the first rule for finding the cost, when the selling price and the gain or loss per cent, ore given ? What is the second rule 1 6. Sold 17 barrels of flour at $ 8 per barrel, for which I received... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 sider
...willing to lose 15 per cent. ; for how much must he sell the 7cwt. ? Ans. $68.42+. ART. 257. To find the cost when the selling price and the gain or loss per cent. are given. Ex. 1. If I sell flour at $ 5 per barrel, and by so doing make 25 per cent., what was the cost of the... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1851 - 384 sider
...intrusted to him, by 1 -(- the percentage which is allowed for his commission. d. To find the prime cost, when the selling price and the gain or loss per cent. are known. Divide the selling price by the value of 1 with the proposed gain or loss per cent. e. To find... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 sider
...gained 18 per cent. ; what was the first cost of the shoes ? . Ans. $ 1355.93+. QUESTION. — Art. 257. What is the first rule for finding the cost, when the selling price and the gain or loss per cent, ore given ? What is the second rule? 6. Sold 17 barrels of flour at $ 8 per barrel, for which I received... | |
 | Andrew Ferguson - 1856 - 230 sider
...required the loss per cent. 25:5:: 100= 20 p. ct. loss. FERGUSON S TABLES. Cose 2. — To FIND THE PBIME COST, When the selling price, and the gain or loss per cent. , are given. Rule. — As 100, with the gain per cent. added to it, or loss per cent. deducted from it, is to 100,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1857 - 452 sider
...and lot for $ 2500 ; at what price must it be sold to gain 20 per cent. ? Ans. $ 3000. 413. To find the cost when the selling price and the gain or loss per cent. are given. Ex. 1. If I sell cloth at $ 5 per yard, and thereby make 25 per cent., what was its first cost ? Ans.... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase, Phiny Earie Chase - 1857 - 394 sider
...intrusted to him, by 1 -(- the percentage which is allowed for his commission. d. To find the prime cost, when the selling price and the gain or loss per cent, are known. Divide the selling price by the value of 1 with the proposed gain or loss per cent. §63.] EXAMPLES... | |
 | Horace Mann, Pliny Earle Chase - 1857 - 388 sider
...intrusted to him, by 1 -f- the percentage which is allowed for his commission. d. To find the prime cost, when the selling price and the gain or loss per cent. are known. e. To find the selling price so as to allow a disconnt for cash? and gain any proposed rate... | |
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What is the first rule for finding the cost, when the selling price and the gain or loss per cent. are given * The second rule 1 6. 
