Tiger Drug Store carries a variety of health and beauty aids, including 500-coun
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Tiger Drug Store carries a variety of health and beauty aids, including 500-count bottles of vitamins. The sales budget for vitamins for the first six months of the year is presented below.
The owner of Tiger Drug believes that ending inventories should be sufficient to cover 10 percent of the next month’s projected sales. On January 1, 23 bottles of vitamins were in inventory.
Required:
1. Prepare a merchandise purchases budget in bottles of vitamins for as many months as you can.
Tiger Drug Store
Merchandise Purchases Budget
January
February
March
April
May
Unit sales
Correct 10 of Item 1
Correct 11 of Item 1
Correct 12 of Item 1
Correct 13 of Item 1
Correct 14 of Item 1
Desired EI
Correct 16 of Item 1
Correct 17 of Item 1
Correct 18 of Item 1
Correct 19 of Item 1
Correct 20 of Item 1
Total needed
Correct 22 of Item 1
Correct 23 of Item 1
Correct 24 of Item 1
Correct 25 of Item 1
Correct 26 of Item 1
Less: BI
Correct 28 of Item 1
Correct 29 of Item 1
Correct 30 of Item 1
Correct 31 of Item 1
Correct 32 of Item 1
Unit purchases
Correct 34 of Item 1
Correct 35 of Item 1
Correct 36 of Item 1
Correct 37 of Item 1
Correct 38 of Item 1
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Solution
2. If vitamins are priced at cost plus 80 percent, what is the dollar cost of purchases for each month of your purchases budget?
Hide1. Prepare a merchandise purchases budget in bottles of vitamins for as many months as you can.
Tiger Drug Store
Merchandise Purchases Budget
January
February
March
April
May
Unit sales
Correct 10 of Item 1
Correct 11 of Item 1
Correct 12 of Item 1
Correct 13 of Item 1
Correct 14 of Item 1
Desired EI
Correct 16 of Item 1
Correct 17 of Item 1
Correct 18 of Item 1
Correct 19 of Item 1
Correct 20 of Item 1
Total needed
Correct 22 of Item 1
Correct 23 of Item 1
Correct 24 of Item 1
Correct 25 of Item 1
Correct 26 of Item 1
Less: BI
Correct 28 of Item 1
Correct 29 of Item 1
Correct 30 of Item 1
Correct 31 of Item 1
Correct 32 of Item 1
Unit purchases
Correct 34 of Item 1
Correct 35 of Item 1
Correct 36 of Item 1
Correct 37 of Item 1
Correct 38 of Item 1
Explanation / Answer
Answer:1
Answer:2
Selling Price=$1530/170=$9
The dollar cost = 9 / (1 + 80%) = $5
Merchandise Purchase budget Particulars Jan Feb March April May Budgeted sales in units 170 160 180 190 210 Add: Budgeted ending inventory 16 18 19 21 20 Total needs 186 178 199 211 230 Less: Beg. Inventory 23 16 18 19 21 Req unit purchase 163 162 181 192 209Related Questions
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