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    Calculate margin

    Hi,

    I have an item which I need to provoide a margin of 40%. Could someone confirm my way of thinking.

    Mark-up

    An item cost us £1.00 which represents 100% so to mark up 40% would be £1.40 (£1.00 x 1.40)

    Margin

    An item cost £1.00 & we require a margin of 40%. The £1 represent 60% so obtain the value of the margin would be 40/60 x £1.00 there the margin value is £0.66 & the total seeling price is £1.66.

    Is this correct?

    Thanks

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    Re: Calculate margin

    Quote Originally Posted by MondeoST24
    Hi,

    I have an item which I need to provoide a margin of 40%. Could someone confirm my way of thinking.

    Mark-up

    An item cost us £1.00 which represents 100% so to mark up 40% would be £1.40 (£1.00 x 1.40)

    Margin

    An item cost £1.00 & we require a margin of 40%. The £1 represent 60% so obtain the value of the margin would be 40/60 x £1.00 there the margin value is £0.66 & the total seeling price is £1.66.

    Is this correct?

    Thanks
    Yes, but you could round up 40/60 to 0.67 which is closer to the actual value.
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