A buyer purchased 6 baseball hats for $76.50. The hats will be sold in his retail store for profit .If he plans to price each hat to make 40% profit,what should be the selling price of each hat.

A buyer purchased 6 baseball hats for 7650 The hats will be sold in his retail store for profit If he plans to price each hat to make 40 profitwhat should be th class=

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the selling price of each hat should be $17.85,

first step is to divide the total price of all the hats by 6 76.5/6=12.75

then take the price of each individual hat and multiply it by 40 percent  12.75x0.4=5.1

then add 5.1 to individual hat price 5.1+12.75=17.85