Business Problems

scroll to the item you require. Press Iwith a menu item displayed to access its-sub menu. To enter data in the sub-menus, select the appropriate menu item, key in the number, and press I. Press >or <to select the menu item you need solved and press =to calculate it.

To return to the menu items from within a sub-menu, press O.

Note: for business problems using 20b, margin is based on price; markup is based on cost.

To reset the menu items to their default values, from anywhere in the %calc menu press :x. With TVM displayed, press >or <to scroll until %Calc displays and press I. Press Oto exit the menu. See Tables 6-1 through 6-3 for examples of calculations in the %calc menu. The examples below are shown with RPN as the active operating mode.

1.Find the markup on an item if the cost price is $15.00 and the selling price is $22.00. See Table 6-1.

Table 6-1Markup Example

Keys

Display

Description

:#

Opens the %calc menu starting with Mkup.%C.

I

Displays the current value of Cost=.

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HP 20b Consultant Financial manual Keys Display Description