Payton Inc. reports in its Year 7 annual report, sales of $6,544 million and cost of goods sold of $2,618 million. For next year, you project that sales will grow by 3% and that cost of goods sold percentage will be 1 percentage point higher. Projected cost of goods sold for Year 8 will be:

The projected cost of goods sold is $2,763 million

Explanation:

The computation of the projected cost of goods sold for the year 8 is shown below:

The Projected cost of goods sold is

= ($6,544 × 1.03 × ($2,618 ÷ $6,544) + 1%)  

= ($6,740  × (0.40 + 1%)

= $6,740 × 0.41

= $2,763 million

Hence, the projected cost of goods sold is $2,763 million

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