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A-LevelAccountingCost Accounting (Direct Labour)May/June 2018Paper 1 Q231 Mark

Adam is paid $4 per hour and his expected output is 500 units per week. He is also paid a bonus $1 for every 20 perfect units made above the total of 500. In one week he worked for 40 hours and made 880 units, but 40 were faulty and were scrapped. How much was Adam paid for the week?

A$177
B$179
C$202
D$204

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About This A-Level Accounting Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2018 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Cost Accounting (Direct Labour) and is worth 1 mark.

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