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A-LevelAccountingBudgeting and Budgetary ControlFeb/Mar 2016Paper 1 Q291 Mark

A business has the following budgeted and actual results for a period. $ budgeted fixed overheads 354 000 actual fixed overheads 360 000 under-absorption of overheads 3000 The fixed overheads are absorbed per unit. The budgeted number of units were 118000. What is the actual level of activity in units?

A118000
B119000
C120000
D121000

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) Feb/Mar 2016 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Budgeting and Budgetary Control and is worth 1 mark.

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