Percent Calculation Examples - HP 30b - Business Professional Calculator User Manual

To return to the percent calculation menu, from anywhere within the menu or sub-menus, press
:#
.
To exit the menu, press
NOTE: for business problems, margin is based on price; markup is based on cost. The
examples below are calculated with RPN as the active operating mode.

Percent Calculation Examples

See the tables below for examples of calculations in the %calc menu.
1. Find the markup on an item if the cost price is 15.00 and the selling price is 22.00.
Table 10-1 Markup Example
Keys
:#
I
15I
<22
I
<=
62 Business Problems
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.
Display Description
Opens the %Calc menu.
Opens the Mkup.%C sub-menu.
Inputs 15 for Cost.
Inputs 22 for Price.
Calculates the value of Mkup.%C for the
given data.