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3.
Enter the v
alues of an
y tw
o kno
wn v
a
riab
les as f
ollo
ws:
Unkno
wn v
ariab
le
Kno
wn v
ariab
les
COST
SELL, and MARGIN or MARK UP
SELL
COST
, and MARGIN or MARK UP
MARGIN
COST and SELL
MARK UP
COST and SELL
Because only either MARGIN or MARK UP is used in an
y
cost/sell/margin/mar
kup calculation, the un
used v
a
riab
le
is giv
en a v
alue of
“----------”.
Initially
, MARK UP is set to
“----------”.
If y
ou enter a v
alue f
or MARK UP
, MARGIN is set
to
“----------”, and vice v
ersa.
4.
Mo
v
e
to the v
a
riab
le y
ou wish to calculate
, using the
z
and
i
k
e
y
s
, and press
@
to calculate
.
Determining selling price
In a fur
niture b
usiness
, it is desir
ab
le to realiz
e a 95% mar
kup
from cost to retail pr
ice f
or each item.
A cer
tain sof
a costs
$455.60.
What should its selling pr
ice be?
Pr
ocedure
K
e
y
operations
Displa
y
Br
ing up the initial dis-
pla
y in NORMAL mode
.
s
000
Select cost/sell/margin
mar
kup calculations
,
and set all the v
a
riab
les
to def
ault v
alues
.
I
.
b
C
OST=
000
Enter cost.
455.6
Q
C
OST=
455
60
Enter mar
kup r
ate
.
i
i
i
95
Q
MA
R
KU
P
=
95
00
Calculate selling pr
ice
.
z
z
@
SELL=
88842
Ans
wer:
The selling pr
ice should be $888.42.
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