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 angle1
Mar 13, 2008, 12:21 PM
Sales $100,00 Ending 
Inventory 6,000 
Beg, inventory $8,000
Cost of goods sold 60,000
With the above info, what was the gross margin and what was the total amount of merchandise that was purchased for the year?
 
 
Any help would be wonderful.
 hamzashakaa
Apr 10, 2008, 01:12 AM
The Gross margin equals (Sales minus Cost of Sales) which is in our case $ 40,000 (100,000-60,000)
 
To obtain the amount of purchased merchandise you need to set the Cost of sales formula
 
Beginning inventory                  8,000
 
Plus: Purchases                        Unknown
 
Minus: Ending Inventory            6,000
Equals: COS                             60,000
 
The purchases would be $58,000 (60,000+6,000-8,000)
 jspjskchk
Jun 5, 2008, 08:39 AM
Sales $100,00 Ending 
inventory 6,000 
Beg, inventory $8,000
Cost of goods sold 60,000
With the above info, what was the gross margin and what was the total amount of merchandise that was purchased for the year?
 
 
Any help would be wonderful.
Gross Margin = Sales-Cost of Goods Sold
Hence Sales(100,000-60,000)=Gross Profit($40,000)