A trader who fixes her prices by adding 50% to cost actually achieved a mark-up of 45%. Which of the following factors could account for the shortfall?
1 Sales were lower than expected. 2 The opening inventories had been overstated. 3 The closing inventories of the business were higher than the opening inventories. 4 Goods taken from inventories by the proprietor were recorded by debiting drawings and crediting purchases with the cost of the goods. A All four factors B 1, 2 and 4 only C 2 only D 3 and 4 only
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