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A-LevelAccountingCosting Principles (Direct Costs / Labour Cost Calculation)Oct/Nov 2021Paper 1 Q221 Mark

A business employs 20 workers as production staff. Each worker is employed for 40 hours per week at a rate of $7.80 per hour. Bonus is calculated at 20% of basic rate pay per hour for each product manufactured above 120 units per employee. In a week, each employee produced 145 units. What were the total wages for the week?

A$7020
B$9984
C$10764
D$10920

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Oct/Nov 2021 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Costing Principles (Direct Costs / Labour Cost Calculation) and is worth 1 mark.

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