Question
if i sold a product for 15 dollars, when it is usually 12, how much more profit would I get and what's the margin or increase percentage?
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To find out how much more profit you would make by selling the product for $15 instead of $12, you can use the following calculations:
1. **Profit Increase**:
\[
\text{Profit Increase} = \text{Selling Price} - \text{Original Price}
\]
\[
\text{Profit Increase} = 15 - 12 = 3 \text{ dollars}
\]
2. **Margin (Profit Margin)**:
Profit margin can be calculated by dividing the profit by the selling price and multiplying by 100 to get a percentage. Here, we will calculate the profit margin for both selling prices:
- For the selling price of $15:
\[
\text{Profit at } 15 = 15 - 12 = 3 \text{ dollars}
\]
\[
\text{Profit Margin} = \left(\frac{\text{Profit}}{\text{Selling Price}}\right) \times 100
\]
\[
\text{Profit Margin at } 15 = \left(\frac{3}{15}\right) \times 100 = 20\%
\]
- For the selling price of $12:
\[
\text{Profit at } 12 = 12 - 12 = 0 \text{ dollars}
\]
\[
\text{Profit Margin at } 12 = \left(\frac{0}{12}\right) \times 100 = 0\%
\]
3. **Increase Percentage**:
To find the percentage increase in profit from selling at $12 to selling at $15, you can use the following formula:
\[
\text{Increase Percentage} = \left(\frac{\text{New Price} - \text{Old Price}}{\text{Old Price}}\right) \times 100
\]
Since we're looking at profit rather than price, the old profit is $0 at $12, so we can't directly calculate an increase from $0, but we can calculate the increase using the new profit of $3 at $15 in relation to the original expected profit of $0 at $12:
\[
\text{Increase Percentage} = \left(\frac{3 - 0}{0 + \epsilon}\right) \text{ where } \epsilon \text{ is a very small number approaching } 0
\]
Practically, since you're making a profit when previously you weren't, this leads to an infinite increase percentage in profit.
In summary:
- The profit increase is **$3**.
- The profit margin at $15 is **20%**.
- The increase percentage calculation from a $0 base gives a non-finite percentage, indicating an infinite increase in profit.
1. **Profit Increase**:
\[
\text{Profit Increase} = \text{Selling Price} - \text{Original Price}
\]
\[
\text{Profit Increase} = 15 - 12 = 3 \text{ dollars}
\]
2. **Margin (Profit Margin)**:
Profit margin can be calculated by dividing the profit by the selling price and multiplying by 100 to get a percentage. Here, we will calculate the profit margin for both selling prices:
- For the selling price of $15:
\[
\text{Profit at } 15 = 15 - 12 = 3 \text{ dollars}
\]
\[
\text{Profit Margin} = \left(\frac{\text{Profit}}{\text{Selling Price}}\right) \times 100
\]
\[
\text{Profit Margin at } 15 = \left(\frac{3}{15}\right) \times 100 = 20\%
\]
- For the selling price of $12:
\[
\text{Profit at } 12 = 12 - 12 = 0 \text{ dollars}
\]
\[
\text{Profit Margin at } 12 = \left(\frac{0}{12}\right) \times 100 = 0\%
\]
3. **Increase Percentage**:
To find the percentage increase in profit from selling at $12 to selling at $15, you can use the following formula:
\[
\text{Increase Percentage} = \left(\frac{\text{New Price} - \text{Old Price}}{\text{Old Price}}\right) \times 100
\]
Since we're looking at profit rather than price, the old profit is $0 at $12, so we can't directly calculate an increase from $0, but we can calculate the increase using the new profit of $3 at $15 in relation to the original expected profit of $0 at $12:
\[
\text{Increase Percentage} = \left(\frac{3 - 0}{0 + \epsilon}\right) \text{ where } \epsilon \text{ is a very small number approaching } 0
\]
Practically, since you're making a profit when previously you weren't, this leads to an infinite increase percentage in profit.
In summary:
- The profit increase is **$3**.
- The profit margin at $15 is **20%**.
- The increase percentage calculation from a $0 base gives a non-finite percentage, indicating an infinite increase in profit.