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Calculate the Net Profit Margin of a business given that Sales are 200% of Operating Profit and Operating Profit is 400% of Net Profit.

Practice question from NISM XV Mock Test 1 — bank. The correct answer is highlighted below with a full explanation.

Options

  1. A

    10%

  2. 12.5%

    Correct answer

  3. C

    15%

  4. D

    20%

Why this is the answer

Let Operating Profit = Rs. 100. Sales = 200% of Operating Profit = Rs. 200. Operating Profit = 400% of Net Profit → Net Profit = 100 ÷ 4 = Rs. 25. Net Profit Margin = 25 ÷ 200 × 100 = 12.5%.

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