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Example 2: If an item sells for $21.00 and has a markup of 50%, what is its
cost? What is the margin?
Keystrokes Display
21
21.00 Selling price.
1 50
50.00 Markup (%).
14.00 Cost.
50
50.00
1
33.33 Margin (%).
The following HP 12C program may be helpful for repetitive calculations of selling
price and costs as well as conversions between markup and margin.
KEYSTROKES DISPLAY
CLEAR
00-
01- 36
04
02-43,33 04
03- 16
1
04- 1
05- 34
06- 25
07- 40
08- 10
09- 31
10- 43 36
11- 20
12- 43 36
13- 20
14-43,33 00
REGISTERS
n: Unused i: Unused
PV: Unused PMT: Unused