10.Pirates PLC sells a line of goods under a six-month warranty. Any defect arising during that period is repaired free of charge. Pirates PLC has calculated that if all the goods sold in the last six months of the year required repairs the cost would be $2 million. If all of these goods had more serious faults and had to be replaced the cost would be $6 millionThe normal pattern is that 80% of goods sold will be fault-free, 15% will require repairs and 5% will have to be replaced. What is the amount of the provision required? Select one alternative: O $1.6 million O $6 million O $2 million O $0.6 million
10.Pirates PLC sells a line of goods under a six-month warranty. Any defect arising during that period is repaired free of charge. Pirates PLC has calculated that if all the goods sold in the last six months of the year required repairs the cost would be $2 million. If all of these goods had more serious faults and had to be replaced the cost would be $6 millionThe normal pattern is that 80% of goods sold will be fault-free, 15% will require repairs and 5% will have to be replaced. What is the amount of the provision required? Select one alternative: O $1.6 million O $6 million O $2 million O $0.6 million
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![10.Pirates PLC sells a line of goods under a six-month warranty. Any defect arising during that period is repaired
free of charge. Pirates PLC has calculated that if all the goods sold in the last six months of the year required
repairs the cost would be $2 million. If all of these goods had more serious faults and had to be replaced the cost
would be $6 millionThe normal pattern is that 80% of goods sold will be fault-free, 15% will require repairs and 5%
will have to be replaced.
What is the amount of the provision required?
Select one alternative:
O $1.6 million
O $6 million
O $2 million
O $0.6 million](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Faa39321b-0422-4fde-ba84-768dbcf801ad%2Fe14d7003-69a7-41cd-9180-615181269d0d%2Fcnlswqb_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:10.Pirates PLC sells a line of goods under a six-month warranty. Any defect arising during that period is repaired
free of charge. Pirates PLC has calculated that if all the goods sold in the last six months of the year required
repairs the cost would be $2 million. If all of these goods had more serious faults and had to be replaced the cost
would be $6 millionThe normal pattern is that 80% of goods sold will be fault-free, 15% will require repairs and 5%
will have to be replaced.
What is the amount of the provision required?
Select one alternative:
O $1.6 million
O $6 million
O $2 million
O $0.6 million
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