The usual wholesale cost is $3.25 per item. a vendor sells items to your store at a special discount of 20%. what price will the store pay per item?

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The usual wholesale cost is $3.25 per item. a vendor sells items to your store at a special discount of 20%. what price will the store pay per item?

$2.6 per item.

We are given with:

usual wholesale cost = $3.25 per item

special discount = 20%

We can solve this using the equation:

P = C (1 - D)

where P is the price that the store will py

C is the original price

D is the discount

Substituting:

P = $3.25 (1 - 0.20)

P = $2.6

The price will $2.6 per item.