Accounting 9706 · AS & A Level · Costs and cost behaviour

Costs and cost behaviour — practice question

S Limited makes three distinct products. The budgeted data below are provided.
(a)[11]

Draw up a statement showing the highest budgeted profit the company can earn in December 2017, allowing for the materials shortage and the minimum production requirement.

(b)[6]

Prepare a statement showing the highest budgeted profit the company can earn in December 2017, taking account of the shortage of materials but not the minimum production requirement.

(c)[7]

Advise the directors of S Limited whether they ought to produce a minimum of $1000$ units of each product. Support your answer.

(d)[2]

State the meaning of ‘margin of safety’.

(e)[4]

Explain how useful margin of safety is to a company.

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