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December 2008 question no.1

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  • This topic has 5 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 12 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • June 8, 2012 at 9:05 pm #53241
    pavanpavanmehta
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    In December 2008 question.1 I could not understand calculation of gross profit.
    specially for second and third year where sales price is also reduce.
    Can you please help me?

    June 10, 2012 at 9:17 am #99779
    John Moffat
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    The unit sales are as follows:

    Year 1 – 18,000
    Year 2 – 19800 (increase of 10%)
    Year 3 – 21780 (increase of 10%)

    The selling prices per unit are:

    Year 1 – $12
    Year 2 – $12
    Year 3 – $11.40 (decrease of 5%)

    The cost per unit are:

    Year 1 – $7.20 (gross profit is 40% of selling price, so cost is 60%)
    Year 2 – $7.20 (purchase price stays constant per the question)
    Year 3 – $7.20

    So….the total gross profits are:

    Year 1 – 18000 x (12 – 7.20) = 86400
    Year 2 – 19800 x (12 – 7,20) = 95040
    Year 3 – 21780 x (11.40 – 7.20) = 21780

    June 10, 2012 at 6:56 pm #99780
    pavanpavanmehta
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    Thank you

    June 11, 2012 at 8:51 am #99781
    John Moffat
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    You are welcome 🙂

    August 15, 2012 at 3:31 am #99782
    sarahlim
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    Hi,I did this question myself but I failed to calculate the GP for the last two years and I missed out the words “next four years” in the question so I start the year from 2005 to 2008 again….how many marks I will get?

    August 15, 2012 at 8:07 am #99783
    John Moffat
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    It is impossible to say how many marks you would get without actually seeing an answer. You do get marks if the approach is correct, even if the numbers are wrong.

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