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One rule of thumb in the fast-food restaurant business is a "4 times markup": The price of a food item should be four times the price of the ingredients used in making the item. If the cost of ingredients used in making a taco is 1.5 dollars, what should be the price of the taco?

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Answer:

The price of taco should be $6

Step-by-step explanation:

The rule is that the price of a food item should be four times the price of the ingredients used in making the food item.

mathematically,

[tex]y = 4x[/tex]

where [tex]y[/tex] is the price of the food item

[tex]x[/tex] is the price of the ingredients

If the price of ingredients for making taco is 1.5 dollars

price of taco = ?

substituting into the equation

[tex]y[/tex] = 4(1.5) = $6

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