Workout Together Has Projected the Following Sales for the Coming

question 51

Multiple Choice

Workout Together has projected the following sales for the coming year: Sales in the year following this one are projected to be 18 percent greater in each quarter. Assume the firm places orders during each quarter equal to 29 percent of projected sales for the next quarter. How much will the firm pay to its suppliers in Quarter 2 if its accounts payable period is 60 days?

• A)$212.67
• B)$224.33
• C)$241.67
• D)$251.33
• E)$256.67

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Definitions:

Customer Margin

The profit derived from serving a particular customer, calculated as sales revenue minus the costs of servicing that customer.

Serving Customers

The process or actions taken to provide goods or services to customers in a way that meets or exceeds their expectations.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing methodology that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities and then to products or services based on their consumption of those activities.

Machine-Hours

A measure of the amount of time machines are run in the production process, often used as a basis for allocating manufacturing overhead costs.