Given: Cost = $37, Profit Margin = 45.11%
Profit Margin as a Decimal: 45.11% = 0.4511
Formula:
Selling Price =
Selling Price =
Selling Price =
Selling Price = $67.41
Notes:
Profit = Selling Price – Cost = $67.41 – $37 = $30.41
Markup Amount = Profit = $30.41
Markup Percentage =
Profit Margin as a Decimal: 45.11% = 0.4511
Formula:
Selling Price =
Cost/
1 – Profit Margin as a Decimal
Selling Price =
$37/
1 – 0.4511
Selling Price =
$37/
0.5489
Selling Price = $67.41
Notes:
Profit = Selling Price – Cost = $67.41 – $37 = $30.41
Markup Amount = Profit = $30.41
Markup Percentage =
Markup Amount/
Cost
=
$30.41/
$37
= 0.8219 = 82.19%