Financial Accounting (12th Edition) (What's New in Accounting)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134725987
Author: C. William Thomas, Wendy M. Tietz, Walter T. Harrison Jr.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 9QC
Backpack Co. was organized to sell a single product that carries a 45-day warranty against defects. Engineering estimates indicate that 2% of the units sold will prove defective and require an average repair cost of $60 per unit. During Backpack’s first month of operations, total sales were 900 units: by the end of the month, five defective units had been repaired. The liability for product warranties at month-end should be
a. $1,380.
b. $300.
c. $1,080.
d. $780.
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