The retail selling price of a high-definition TV is $1452. This price is $126 plus three times the wholesale cost.

Question

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Answer 1

Wholesale: price when sold to dealers & insiders; presumably, the wholesale cost is less than the wholesale price.

 

Retail: price when sold to the ordinary public.

 

The statements give the retail selling price IN TERMS OF the WHOLESALE COST.

 

Actually, you don't have a question; let's assume that it should be WHAT'S THE WHOLEALE COST?

 

Let W = wholesale cost.  Then retail selling price = 1452 = 126 + 3W.

 

So you have an equation; solve for W.