
3: Percentage Calculations in Business
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3
Percentage Calculations
in Business
The business percentages (BUS) menu is used to solve four types of
problems. Each type of problem has its own menu.
FIN
%CHG
BUS
%TOTL
SUM
MU%C
TIME
MU%P
SOLVE
CURRX
Table 3-1. The Business Percentages (BUS) Menus
Menu Description
Percent change
(
J
)
The difference between two numbers (
OLD
and
NEW
), expressed as a percentage (%
CH
) of
OLD
.
Percent of total
(
K
)
The portion that one number (
PART
) is of another
(
TOTAL
), expressed as a percentage (
%T
).
Markup on cost
(
(
)
The difference between price (
PRICE
) and cost
(
COST
), expressed as a percentage of the cost
(
M%C
).
Markup on price
(
L
)
The difference between price (
PRICE
) and cost
(
COST
), expressed as a percentage of the price
(
M%P
).