Given:
Wholesale price for a pair of shoes is $7.50
[tex]\text{The price of pair of shoes in the departmental store=7.50}+(7.50\times\frac{60}{100})[/tex][tex]\text{The price of pair of shoes in the departmental store=7.50}+4.50[/tex][tex]\text{The price of pair of shoes in the departmental store= \$12}[/tex]