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# **Add a markup to a cost price**

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In D2, work out the selling price of the mug: the cost in B2 plus the markup in C2, which is a percentage of the cost. Use B2\*(1+C2).

D2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Product | Cost | Markup | Price |  | |
| 2 | Mug | 40 | 0.5 |  |  | |
| 3 | Plate | 60 | 0.35 |  |  | |
| 4 | Bowl | 52 | 0.25 |  |  | |
| 5 | Vase | 180 | 0.4 |  |  | |
| 6 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 7 |  |  |  |  |  | |
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