Question

A pizza restaurant sells containers of juice that it marks up 75 percent above its wholesale cost. If the restaurant marks up each container by $0.90, how much does the restaurant pay for each container of juice wholesale?

Answer 1

75% of what is 0.90
0.75x = 0.90
x = 0.90/0.75
x = 1.20 <== restaurant pays $ 1.20 wholesale

Answer 2

You are going to find 75 percent of 0.90. So the restaurant pays $1.20 for each container of juice wholesale