Question

At the store a cell phone cost 1.1 times as much as it sells online. If it cost $888.98 online, how much more does it cost from the store.

Answer 1

Given:

At the store a cell phone cost 1.1 times as much as it sells online.

The cost of it is $888.98 online.

To find:

How much more does it cost from the store?

Solution:

It is given that,

Cost of a cell phone online = $888.98

At the store a cell phone cost 1.1 times as much as it sells online. So, cost of the cell phone at store is

$1.1\times (888.98)=977.878$

The cost of cell phone at store is $977.878 .

The difference between the cost of cell phone at store and online is

$\ 977.878 -\ 888.98=\ 88.898$

Therefore, the cell phone cost is $88.898 much more at the store.