A. Macarty Company's records indicate the following information for the year: Merchandise inventory, 1/1 $ 550,000 Purchases 2,250,000 Net sales 3,100,000 On December 31, a physical inventory determined that ending inventory of $600,000 was in the warehouse. A. Macarty's gross profit on sales has remained constant at 30%. A. Macarty suspects some of the inventory may have been taken by some new employees. At December 31, what is the estimated cost of missing inventory? $42,000 $600,000 $30,000 O $180,000
A. Macarty Company's records indicate the following information for the year: Merchandise inventory, 1/1 $ 550,000 Purchases 2,250,000 Net sales 3,100,000 On December 31, a physical inventory determined that ending inventory of $600,000 was in the warehouse. A. Macarty's gross profit on sales has remained constant at 30%. A. Macarty suspects some of the inventory may have been taken by some new employees. At December 31, what is the estimated cost of missing inventory? $42,000 $600,000 $30,000 O $180,000
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A. Macarty Company's records indicate the following information for the year:
Merchandise inventory, 1/1
$ 550,000
Purchases
2,250,000
Net sales
3,100,000
On December 31, a physical inventory determined that ending inventory of $600,000 was in the warehouse. A. Macarty's
gross profit on sales has remained constant at 30%.
A. Macarty suspects some of the inventory may have been taken by some new employees. At December 31, what is the
estimated cost of missing inventory?
$42,000
O $600,000
$30,000
O $180,000
O o o O](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fab2cae91-b738-4378-9d2b-34dbb8327a9e%2F5b493abb-55cb-46e3-b504-ef0e5c276556%2Fu117ita_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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A. Macarty Company's records indicate the following information for the year:
Merchandise inventory, 1/1
$ 550,000
Purchases
2,250,000
Net sales
3,100,000
On December 31, a physical inventory determined that ending inventory of $600,000 was in the warehouse. A. Macarty's
gross profit on sales has remained constant at 30%.
A. Macarty suspects some of the inventory may have been taken by some new employees. At December 31, what is the
estimated cost of missing inventory?
$42,000
O $600,000
$30,000
O $180,000
O o o O
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