HP 12c Platinum Reference Manual page 93

Example 1: If the cost of an item is $160 and the margin is 20%, what is the selling
price? What is the markup?
12c platinum / 12C
RPN Keystrokes
160\1\20
b-z
20\\
1~b-z
Example 2: If an item sells for $21.00 and has a markup of 50%, what is its cost? What is
the margin?
12c platinum / 12C
RPN Keystrokes
21\1\50
b+z
50\\
1~b+z
The following HP 12C Platinum program may be helpful for repetitive calculations of
selling price and costs as well as conversions between markup and margin.
12c platinum / 12C
RPN KEYSTROKES
fs
fCLEARÎ
\
g(004
Þ
1
~
b
+
z
t
gF
§
gF
§
g(000
fs
12c platinum
ALG Keystrokes
160y-20
b³y
20-
y~b³y
12c platinum
ALG Keystrokes
21y+50
b³y
50+
y~b³y
DISPLAY
000,
36 ³
001,
002,43,33,004 g(004
16 Þ
003,
004,
34 +
005,
25 ~
006,
40 b
007,
10 ³
008,
31 gF
009,
40 g'
010, 43
20 z
011,
40 ~
012, 43
20 ³
013,
014,43,33,000 t
Pricing Calculations
Display
Margin(%).
20.
Selling price.
200.00
Margin(%)
20.00
Markup (%).
25.00
Display
Markup (%).
50.00
Cost.
14.00
Markup(%)
50.00
Margin (%).
33.33
12c platinum
ALG KEYSTROKES
fs
fCLEARÎ
1 ~
gF
g(000
fs
Comments
Comments
DISPLAY
000,
001, 36
002,43,33,004
003, 16
004, 34
005, 40
006, 34
007, 25
008, 36
009, 43 40
010, 43 20
011, 10
012, 34
013, 36
014, 31
015, 43 40
016,43,33,000
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