Calculating Price based on projected profit margin

if the cost is in A1 and the mark up is in B1

=SUM(A1,A1*B1)

Here you go:

<b>Excel 2002</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">7</td><td style=";">Price</td><td style=";">Cost</td><td style=";">Margin</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">8</td><td style="text-align: right;;">3.79</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">47.23%</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">9</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">10</td><td style="text-align: right;;">3.636364</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">45%</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C8</th><td style="text-align:left">=(<font color="Blue">A8-B8</font>)/A8</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">A10</th><td style="text-align:left">=B10/(<font color="Blue">1-C10</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

Thx!

What if cost is variable based on sales price? Eg. Credit card processing fees 2% of sales price.

Richard Schollar said:

Here you go:

Excel 2002

	A	B	C
7	Price	Cost	Margin
8	3.79	2	47.23%
9
10	3.636364	2	45%

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Worksheet Formulas Cell Formula C8 =(A8-B8)/A8 A10 =B10/(1-C10) <thead> </thead><tbody> </tbody>

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tman603 said:

What if cost is variable based on sales price? Eg. Credit card processing fees 2% of sales price.

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To factor in a cost that is calculated as a percentage of the price:
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