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A-LevelAccountingInventory ValuationFeb/Mar 2021Paper 1 Q121 Mark

At the end of his first year of trading, the trader lost all of his inventory in a fire. He knows the values of sales and purchases and wishes to calculate the value of the inventory lost. Which ratio should he use?

Agross margin
Bprofit margin
Ctrade payables turnover
Dtrade receivables turnover

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Feb/Mar 2021 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Inventory Valuation and is worth 1 mark.

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