A salon increased the sales by about 12.5% this week. If they sold 43 products last week, how many did they sell this week?
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salon increased the sales by about 12.5% this week.
Question: If they sold 43 products last week, how many did they sell this week?
=> 43 products sold are there usual sale every week.
=> Now, this week, they were able to increase their sales up to 12.5%. Let’s
solve to find out how many products were added to their sale this week.
=> 43 products 12.5%
=> 43 .125 = 5.4 products were added to their sale and got a total of:
=> 43 + 5.4 = 48.4 products
\(43 + (43 \times 0.125) = 43\times 1.125\\\\= \boxed{\bf{ 48.375}}\)
The salon sold 48.375 products this week.
Your final answer is 48.375 products.