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Help with markup and margin

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA AFM Exams › Help with markup and margin

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • November 5, 2014 at 1:32 pm #207827
    questforknowledge
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    Good day John, i dont know if you can help me with this. i have forgottend. if you are given sales revenue say 37,900,000 and are told that markup is 150% of cost. how do you go about to find the cost price
    thanks you

    November 5, 2014 at 5:12 pm #207856
    John Moffat
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    If cost is $100, then the markup will be $150 and the selling price will be $250.

    So, for every $250 of sales the cost will be $100.

    So….if the sales are 37.9M, then the cost will be 100/250 x 37.9M

    Hope that helps 🙂

    November 6, 2014 at 3:58 pm #208024
    questforknowledge
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    yes it helps as usual. thanks

    November 6, 2014 at 7:40 pm #208130
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

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