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## Solution 13580: Using the Cost-Sell-Margin Features of the BA 20 Profit Manager™ Financial Calculator.

### How do I use the Cost-Sell-Margin feature of the BA 20 Profit Manager™ financial calculator?

The BA-20 Profit Manager has three columns to support the Cost-Sell-Margin functionality. Key columns are used according to the calculation to be performed. Use the keys in the CST column when calculating the Cost of a product. The SEL column is used when calculating the Selling Price of a product and the MAR column is for calculating the margin or percent markup of a product. Please refer to the examples provided below.

Example 1:
Determine the original cost of a product that sells for $1.25 that has a 20% markup margin. • For this example, only use the [SEL] and [MAR] keys in the CST column • Press [1] [.] [2] [5] [SEL] [2] [0] [MAR] • The result of 1 will be displayed Example 2: Determine the selling price of a product that cost$1.00 and has a markup margin of 20%.

• For this example, only use the [CST] and [MAR] keys in the SEL column
• Press [1] [CST] [2] [0] [MAR]
• The result of 1.25 will be displayed

Example 3: Determine the Markup margin of a product that cost $1 but sells for$1.25.

• For this example, only use the [CST] and [SEL] keys in the MAR column
• Press [1] [CST] [1] [.] [2] [5] [SEL]
• The result of 20 will be displayed

Please see the BA-20 Profit Manager™ Quick Reference Guide for additional information.