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To: TweetEBird007; Gaffer
You're both wrong.

In a 25% mark up you multiply by 25 percent and add that number(in this case one million) to the original number( in this case 4 million) which gives you 5 million

In business you use what is called a true mark up. In a true 25% mark up you divide by 0.25 and add that number(in this case 1.6 million) to the original number(in this case 4 million) which gives you 5.6 million.

18 posted on 03/03/2012 7:45:39 AM PST by Ben Ficklin
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To: Ben Ficklin
In a 25% mark up you multiply by 25 percent and add that number(in this case one million) to the original number( in this case 4 million) which gives you 5 million

Which is what I said. In business you use what is called a true mark up. In a true 25% mark up you divide by 0.25 and add that number(in this case 1.6 million) to the original number(in this case 4 million) which gives you 5.6 million.

There you go, acting all 'like this is a free market business' or something. The article said nothing of true markup. It spoke of 'COSTS' and the 'cost' for the regulatory stuff was ONE MILLION. Mention of 'true markup' isn't applicable here.

19 posted on 03/03/2012 9:43:19 AM PST by Gaffer
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