Advance Engineering Makes Payments on Its Inventory Purchases as Follows-30

question 152

Multiple Choice

Advance Engineering makes payments on its inventory purchases as follows-30% in the month of purchase, 50% in the following month, and 20% in the second month following purchase. Budgeted inventory purchases for June, July, and August are $50,000, $43,000 and $56,000, respectively. At what amount are cash payments for inventory in August budgeted?

• A) $40,500
• B) $48,300
• C) $51,900
• D) $56,000

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Definitions:

Negative Punishment

Negative punishment involves removing a desirable stimulus to reduce the likelihood of a particular behavior being repeated.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs through associations between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus, leading to a learned response.

Instinct

A natural and usually unchanging behavior pattern exhibited by animals when they encounter specific triggers.

Conditioned

Describes a response that has been learned through the process of conditioning, where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus, eliciting a learned response.