Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Analysis and communication of accounting information

Analysis and communication of accounting information — practice question

At the close of his first year of trading, the trader’s entire inventory was destroyed in a fire. He knows the values of sales and purchases and wants to work out the value of the inventory that was lost. Which ratio should he use?

  • Agross margin
  • Bprofit margin
  • Ctrade payables turnover
  • Dtrade receivables turnover

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