Phoenix Company, places a coupon in each box of its product. Customers may send in ten coupons and P3.00, and the company will send them a romantic pillow. Sufficient pillows were purchased at P5.40 a piece. During 2019, 1,260,000 boxes were sold. It was estimated that a total of 5% of the coupons will be redeemed. In 2019, 18,000 coupons were redeemed.   How much is the premium expense for the year 2019?

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Phoenix Company, places a coupon in each box of its product. Customers may send in ten coupons and P3.00, and the company will send them a romantic pillow. Sufficient pillows were purchased at P5.40 a piece. During 2019, 1,260,000 boxes were sold. It was estimated that a total of 5% of the coupons will be redeemed. In 2019, 18,000 coupons were redeemed.

 

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