High School Curriculum


The Leather Jacket

Confidential Instructions for the Seller

You bought a leather jacket about four days ago at Leather World down at the neighborhood mall. The jacket usually costs $150 but you got a great deal, buying it during a special one day sale for $100. It's one of the best jackets you've ever seen and you'd been saving to buy it for months, but you waited because you knew it would be on sale.

There's one problem. You bought a medium, but now you're thinking you should have bought a large. You love the jacket, but you've decided it's definitely too small for you to wear. You tried to exchange it but were informed that you couldn't because you bought it under a "no return, no exchange" policy.

Luckily for you, your friend is interested in buying it. You'd like to sell it to your friend and then use the money to buy a large. Of course, the sale is off, so you'll have to pay the full $150 for it. You hope to get as much money for the jacket as you can.


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