Hello tutor please need answer the accounting question A cereal company includes one premium coupon in every cereal box.Upon returning 10 such coupons to the company, a customer will besent a free cereal bowl. In a recent year, the company sold 200,000boxes of cereal for $1 a box. It is estimated that 20% of the couponswill be returned.If the cereal bowls cost the company $3 each, what amount ofliability for premium redemptions must be recorded by thecompany?a. $ 6,000b. $ 12,000C. $200,000d. $ 24,000

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