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A-LevelAccountingAnalysis and Interpretation of Financial StatementsMay/June 2019Paper 1 Q201 Mark

On 1 January 2018 a business expected to have sales for the year ended 31 December 2018 of $450 000. Its non-current assets at that date were $306000. On 1 July 2018 it purchased new machinery at a cost of $180000, in order to increase its sales by an extra $20000 each month. What was the rate of non-current asset turnover in 2018? (Ignore depreciation.)

A1.17 times
B1.42 times
C1.44 times
D1.74 times

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This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Accounting (9706) May/June 2019 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements and is worth 1 mark.

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