Given: Cost = $20, Selling Price = $24.20
Formula:
Profit Margin =
Profit Margin =
Profit Margin =
Profit Margin = 0.1736 = 17.36%
Notes:
Profit = Selling Price – Cost = $24.20 – $20 = $4.20
Markup Amount = Profit = $4.20
Markup Percentage =
Formula:
Profit Margin =
Selling Price – Cost/
Selling Price
Profit Margin =
$24.20 – $20/
$24.20
Profit Margin =
$4.20/
$24.20
Profit Margin = 0.1736 = 17.36%
Notes:
Profit = Selling Price – Cost = $24.20 – $20 = $4.20
Markup Amount = Profit = $4.20
Markup Percentage =
Markup Amount/
Cost
=
$4.20/
$20
= 0.21 = 21%