WAEC Past Questions and Answers - Page 1092

Use the following to answer the given question

\( \begin{array}{c|c} \text{Purchases} & 2,000\\ \text{Opening stock} & 900\\ \text{Closing stock} & 300 \\ \text{Sales} & 3,850\end{array}\)

Gross profit is

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \hline \text{Debtors (1/1/98)} & 2,000 \\ \text{Debtors (31/12/98)} & 1,250 \\ \text{Cash received from debtors} & 6,000 \\ \text{Bad debt written off} & 750 \\ \text{Discount allowed} & 500 \\ \text{Discount received} & 125\end{array}\) Assuming a gross profit of N3,000, what was the net profit?

The accounting concept which allows the use of a particular method for treating a transaction for a reasonable number of years is

A decrease in the provision for doubtful debts result in

\(\begin{array}{c|c} & N \\ \text{Debtors (1/1/98)} & 2,000 \\ \text{Debtors (31/12/98)} & 1,250 \\ \text{Cash received from debtors} & 6,000 \\ \text{Bad debt written off} & 750 \\\ \text{Discount allowed} & 500 \\ \text{Discount received} & 125\end{array}\)

What was the amount of sales for the year?