A company has a unit cost of 145 and wants to earn a 25 percent markup on sales. What is its markup price?
Explanation
When calculating a markup price based on a percentage of sales, the unit cost represents the remaining percentage of the price after the desired markup is taken. Therefore, the unit cost is divided by (1 - desired return percentage).
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