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Answer thequestions based on the data given in table 2
Cost and price data for Portland cement manufactured by Paharpur Cement and Bahsin Cement, for four consecutive quarters, are given in table 2:
Sales Revenue = Price × Sales Quantity
Profit = Sales Revenue – Cost
Profit Rate = Profit / Sales Quantity
Solution
Let (Costs / Sales Revenue) * 100 = x%
(Profit / Sales Revenue) * 100 = (100-x) %
(Profit / Sales Revenue) = (100-x) /100 %
(Profit / Price * Sales Quantity) =(100-x) /100 %
Profit / Sales Quantity =[(100-x) /100]* Price
On tabulating the Profit rate of both the factories , we get
Clearly C is the correct answer
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