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A-LevelAccountingTraditional costing methods9706/12 · May/June 2024 · Q281 Mark

A company makes three products X, Y and Z for which details per unit are as follows: selling price $18 $35 $50 direct material costs $4 $5 $5 direct labour hours 0.5 2 2.5 The direct labour rate is $8.00 per hour. Direct labour hours are limited. In which order should the products be ranked to achieve the maximum profit with the available labour hours?

Afirst next last X Y Z
Bfirst next last Y Z X
Cfirst next last Z X Y
Dfirst next last X Z Y

✓ Correct answer

D: first next last X Z Y

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Traditional costing methods, A-Level Accounting (syllabus 9706). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Accounting, May/June 2024 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 28.

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