Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Commerce Question 9

Practice objective / multiple choice question 9 from the 2019 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Commerce examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Commerce Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 9 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2019 • COMMERCE • objective

A company launches a TV advertising campaign. The production cost of the ad is \(4{,}000{,}000\) ₦ (fixed). The cost of airing the ad is \(150{,}000\) ₦ per week for the first four weeks and \(120{,}000\) ₦ per week thereafter. The ad reaches 12{,}000 new customers in the first week; each subsequent week the number of new customers is 85 % of the previous week. Each new customer generates a profit of \(100\) ₦. Determine the minimum integer number of weeks the ad must run for the campaign to break even (total profit ≥ total cost). Also give the total profit earned when the ad is run for that minimum number of weeks.

Answer Options

A. Minimum weeks = 8; Total profit = ₦740,076
B. Minimum weeks = 6; Total profit = ₦142,804
Correct Answer C. Minimum weeks = 7; Total profit = ₦475,383
D. Minimum weeks = 7; Total profit = ₦385,383
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
Minimum weeks = 7; Total profit = ₦475,383

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2019 Commerce Question 9. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Commerce examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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