Question

Last month a company had net sales revenues of $10,000; Cost of goods sold of $4,000; other operating expenses of $3,000; non-operating expenses of $1,000; no non-operating revenues, gains or losses; and income taxes of $500. The gross profit was

Answer 1

$18,500

Step-by-step explanation:

Gross profit is equal to revenue - cost of goods sold, therefore, we can find this figure by adding up these costs:

Income taxes = $500

Non-operating expenses = $1,000

Operating expenses = $3,000

Cost of goods sold = $4,000

To the net sales revenue figure of $10,000

Gross profit = $10,000 + $500 + $1,000 + $3,000 + $4,000

= $18,500

This method works because if we were to obtain the net sales revenues figure, we would have to do the opposite: take the gross profit and substract from it each subsequent expense. So in this case, we simply had to do the reverse process.