HP 12c Platinum Reference Guide

Pricing Calculations 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
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ALG Keystrokes
Display Comments
160\1\20 160y-20
20.
Margin(%).
b-z b³y
200.00
Selling price.
20\\ 20-
20.00
Margin(%)
1~b-z
y~b³y
25.00
Markup (%).
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
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ALG Keystrokes
Display Comments
21\1\50 21y+50
50.00
Markup (%).
b+z b³y
14.00
Cost.
50\\ 50+
50.00
Markup(%)
1~b+z
y~b³y
33.33
Margin (%).
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
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DISPLAY
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DISPLAY
fs fs
fCLEARÎ
000,
fCLEARÎ
000,
\
001, 36
³
001, 36
g(004
002,43,33,004
g(004
002,43,33,004
Þ
003, 16
Þ
003, 16
1
004, 1
~
004, 34
~
005, 34
+
005, 40
b
006, 25
~
006, 34
+
007, 40
b
007, 25
z
008, 10
³
008, 36
t
009, 31
gF
009, 43 40
gF
010, 43 40
g’
010, 43 20
§
011, 20
z
011, 10
gF
012, 43 40
~
012, 34
§
013, 20
³
013, 36
g(000
014,43,33,000
t
014, 31
fs
gF
015, 43 40
g(000
016,43,33,000
fs

HP 12c Platinum Specifications

General

Digits	10 digits
Battery type	CR2032
Type	Financial
Form factor	Pocket

Weight and Dimensions

Weight	110 g
Dimensions (WxDxH)	79 x 129 x 15 mm