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A-LevelAccountingCost-Volume-Profit (CVP) AnalysisFeb/Mar 2020Paper 1 Q261 Mark

A business plans to sell all the 10000 units produced next year at the same price as this year. Direct costs are forecast to decrease by $2 per unit and total fixed costs will increase by $40000. What will be the effect of this?

Adecrease decrease
Bdecrease increase
Cincrease decrease
Dincrease increase

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Feb/Mar 2020 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis and is worth 1 mark.

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