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A-LevelAccountingCost-Volume-Profit (CVP) AnalysisOct/Nov 2019Paper 1 Q281 Mark

Last month a company made and sold 10000 units and earned a contribution of $20 per unit. Its final profit, after deducting total fixed costs, was $120000. This month its sales volume has increased by 20%, its contribution per unit has increased by 5% and its total fixed costs have increased by 15%. What is its profit this month?

A$118000
B$148000
C$160 000
D$172000

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Oct/Nov 2019 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis and is worth 1 mark.

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