Given: Cost = $600, Profit Margin = 25%
Profit Margin as a Decimal: 25% = 0.25
Formula:
Selling Price =
Selling Price =
Selling Price =
Selling Price = $800
Notes:
Profit = Selling Price – Cost = $800 – $600 = $200
Markup Amount = Profit = $200
Markup Percentage =
Profit Margin as a Decimal: 25% = 0.25
Formula:
Selling Price =
Cost/
1 – Profit Margin as a Decimal
Selling Price =
$600/
1 – 0.25
Selling Price =
$600/
0.75
Selling Price = $800
Notes:
Profit = Selling Price – Cost = $800 – $600 = $200
Markup Amount = Profit = $200
Markup Percentage =
Markup Amount/
Cost
=
$200/
$600
= 0.3333 = 33.33%