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The usual retail price of an item is $100. The manufacturers cost to produce the

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Question

The usual retail price of an item is $100. The manufacturers cost to produce the item is $40. Retailers take a 50 percent markup and wholesalers take a 10 percent markup (markup is calculated on selling price, unless otherwise is indicated).

What is the retailers markup in dollars?______________________________

What is the wholesale price?_______________________________________

What is the manufacturers price?___________________________________

What is the manufacturers markup percentage?_______________________

The XYZ Manufacturing Company is trying to set its price on a product that will sell at retail for $80.

For retailers to earn a markup of 25 percent, what should the wholesale price be? ________________________

For the wholesalers to earn a markup of 10 percent, what should the manufacturers price be? _________________________

Explanation / Answer

The usual retail price of an item is $100. The manufacturers cost to produce the item is $40. Retailers take a 50 percent markup and wholesalers take a 10 percent markup (markup is calculated on selling price, unless otherwise is indicated).

What is the retailers markup in dollars?

Retail Price = whole Sale price + 50% of wholesale price ( here 50% is the markup)

100/1.5 = wholesale price = $66.66

So, retailers markup = 100 66.66 = 33.33

What is the wholesale price?

Wholesale price = $66.66

What is the manufacturers price?

Wholesales take 10% markup on manufacture price.

Whole sale price = Manufacturer price + 10% of Manufacturer price

Manufacturer Price = 66.66/1.1 = $ 60.6

What is the manufacturers markup percentage?

manufacturers markup percentage = (60.6 40)/40 = 20.6/40 = 51.5 %

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The XYZ Manufacturing Company is trying to set its price on a product that will sell at retail for $80.

For retailers to earn a markup of 25 percent, what should the wholesale price be?

Retail Price = Wholesale price + 25% of wholesale price

80=wholesale price*(1.25)

Wholesale price = 80/1.25 = $64

For the wholesalers to earn a markup of 10 percent, what should the manufacturers price be?

Wholesale price = Manufacturer price + 10% of Manufacturer price

Manufacturer price = 64/1.1 = $58.18