Answer:
The most you can pay for the pitcher is $17.32
Explanation:
A mark up is a percentage that is always applied on the cost to come up at a required gain over cost. The cost is always taken to be 100% when apply a mark up on cost.
If the mark up is of 27% and cost is 100% then a selling price of 22 will be equal to cost + markup.
Let cost be x.
Selling price = Cost + Mark up
22 = 100% * x + 27% * x
22 = 1x + 0.27x
22 = 1.27 x
22/1.27 = x
x = $17.3228 rounded off to $17.32
