> How to find the buying in price ? help please?

How to find the buying in price ? help please?

Posted at: 2015-07-28 
How do I find the buying in price given the selling price and mark up ?

Find buying in price :

Selling price :£64

mark up : 45%

Hello

Selling Price is £64 which is 145% of Cost Price

64 / 145 X 100 = Cost Price

£44.14 (Correct to 2 Decimal points)

Andy C

Cost = Selling price / (1 + Markup)

Cost = 64 / 1.45 = 44.14

At this point, profit = 64 - 44.14 = 19.86

And Markup = Profit / Cost = 19.86/44.14 = 45%

I'll tell you how to work it out but you do the sum yourself.

£64 is 145% so just work out what 100% is to find the buying in price.

The amount multiplied by 1.45

64 x 1.45 = 92.80