Answer the Following Question(s)using the Information Below

question 47

Multiple Choice

Answer the following question(s) using the information below.The following information pertains to Hepburn Company:
Cash is collected from customers in the following manner:
40% of purchases are paid for in cash in the month of purchase, and the balance is paid the following month.Labour costs are 20% of sales.Other operating costs are $30,000 per month (including $8,000 of depreciation) .Both of these are paid in the month incurred.The cash balance on March 1 is $8,000.A minimum cash balance of $6,000 is required at the end of the month.Money can be borrowed in multiples of $1,000.
-How much cash will be disbursed in total in March?

• A)$88,400
• B)$42,000
• C)$68,400
• D)$96,400
• E)$91,600

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Definitions:

Price Floor

A government-imposed minimum price that can be charged for a good or service, designed to protect producers by ensuring that market prices do not fall below a certain level.

Surplus

The situation where the quantity of a good or service supplied exceeds the quantity demanded at the current price.

Shortage

A situation where the demand for a product exceeds its supply at a specific price.

Quota Rent

The economic rent a producer earns from the difference between the market price of a good and its supply price due to a quota limit.