Determine the year''s purchase from the following information relating to a firm. Total creditor''s b/f N 7,200 Total cash payment to suppliers N 98,800 Tot...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Principles of Accounts - 1998 Subject: Financial Accounting

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Determine the year''s purchase from the following information relating to a firm.

Total creditor''s b/f N 7,200

Total cash payment to suppliers N 98,800

Total creditors c/f N 8,400

Answer Details
The year's purchase is the ratio of the total credit purchases to the average creditors. To calculate the total credit purchases, we need to add the opening creditors balance (creditors b/f) to the purchases made during the year, then subtract the closing creditors balance (creditors c/f). Using the information provided, we can calculate the total credit purchases as follows: Total credit purchases = Creditors b/f + Purchases - Creditors c/f Total credit purchases = 7,200 + Purchases - 8,400 Total credit purchases = Purchases - 1,200 We do not have the purchases figure, but we can calculate it by adding the total cash payment to suppliers to the total credit purchases: Total credit purchases + Total cash payment to suppliers = Total purchases Purchases - 1,200 + 98,800 = Purchases + 97,600 97,600 = 1,200 + Purchases Purchases = 96,400 Now we can calculate the year's purchase by dividing the total credit purchases by the average creditors: Year's purchase = Total credit purchases / Average creditors Average creditors = (Creditors b/f + Creditors c/f) / 2 Average creditors = (7,200 + 8,400) / 2 Average creditors = 7,800 Year's purchase = 96,400 / 7,800 Year's purchase = 12.359 Rounding off to the nearest whole number, the year's purchase is 12. Therefore, the answer is: ₦100,000

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