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Standard Operating Procedure for Pricing Gallery Artwork

You have recently been hired as an operations assistant at a cooperative community art gallery. To train a new seasonal volunteer on the gallery's pricing workflow, you need to document the standard procedure for setting a painting's retail price.

In your documentation, you must recall and clearly explain the following:

  1. Define the terms 'original cost', 'mark-up amount', and 'list price' within the context of retail gallery sales.
  2. Provide the two algebraic formulas used to determine: a. The mark-up amount (mm) using the original cost (cc) and the mark-up rate (rr). b. The final list price (pp) using the original cost (cc) and the mark-up amount (mm).
  3. Explain the logical 'sanity check' you should perform once the final list price has been calculated to ensure the math makes practical sense before writing the price tag.

Write a clear, structured guide that covers these three requirements.

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