Question

Lucy buys 7kg of nuts to sell.

Answer 1

Answer:

Lucy's percentage profit = 33.33% based on Sales Value

and 50% based on Cost.

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Calculations:

7kg = 7,000g of nuts

Cost of 7,000g = £10

350g = 20 bags (7,000/350)

Sales value = £15 (20 x 75p)

Profit = Sales value minus Cost

Profit = £5 (£15 - £10)

Profit percentage based on sales = Profit/Sales x 100 = 5/15 x 100 = 33.33%

Profit percentage based on cost = Profit/Cost x 100 = 5/10 x 100 = 50%

b) Profit is the excess of sales over cost.  There are two ways to express it in percentages.  Profit can be expressed as a percentage of the cost (Markup).  It can also be expressed as the percentage of the sales value (Margin).