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To: Gaffer

25

25%increase, 20% of total cost.


7 posted on 03/03/2012 3:26:51 AM PST by TweetEBird007
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To: TweetEBird007
25%increase, 20% of total cost.

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner.

A Freeper that knows basic math, I love it.

Maybe I could get your help in making Rush understand the employment vs unemployment numbers and the way that changing the divisor effects the answer.

Regardless of how you state it [and when I was selling, I always knew the impact of how you said it} a billion additional dollars, to comply with EPA regs, means that all consumers will pay more for their electrical power {but not as much as if were powered by the "free" wind power}.

15 posted on 03/03/2012 7:15:07 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorists savages.)
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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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