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spreadsheet use

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA PM Exams › spreadsheet use

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  • January 18, 2023 at 12:59 pm #676894
    afrazali10
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    sir what if in exam i am calculating all my values correctly in calculator and just plunging in the number and not using the formula in the spreadsheet (therefore the examiner does not know where the number came from ) but my FINAL answer is correct and all the values of Fixed cost and total contribution are correct but i calculated them in calculator and didn’t use spreadsheet formula but i indicated what these values are like total contribution fixed costs and rankings etc . will i get 0 marks ? my final answer is correct there is no mistake ?

    January 18, 2023 at 3:52 pm #676923
    John Moffat
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    You might lose marks. If you look at the marking scheme at the end of the examiners answers to past exams you will see that there are separate marks for each of the workings.

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