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If the unit selling price is $2.50 and the unit cost is $1.00, what action is need to maintain the gross margin percentage when unit cost increases $0.25?

 Oct 22, 2014

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It appears to me that the gross margin percentage when the selling price is $2.50 and the cost is $1.00 is

$2.50 / $1.00  =  2.5.

If the cost increases to $1.25, then the selling price should increase to $1.25 x 2.5  =  $3.125 before rounding.

 Oct 22, 2014
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Best Answer

It appears to me that the gross margin percentage when the selling price is $2.50 and the cost is $1.00 is

$2.50 / $1.00  =  2.5.

If the cost increases to $1.25, then the selling price should increase to $1.25 x 2.5  =  $3.125 before rounding.

geno3141 Oct 22, 2014

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