Gringer’s Plastics provides plastic parts to the shipbuilding industry. They gathered the following information on their inventory. Based on this data, what products would be considered A class inventory?   Product   Unit Cost   Volume   1   $ 12.50   11,200   2   $ 325.00   160   3   $ 9.75   23,786   4   $ 8.50   29,590   5   $ 175.60   80   6   $ 1,125.99   26   7   $ 756.25   41   8   $ 24.99   5,230   9   $ 109.25   98   10   $ 33.00   7,865   11   $ 6.75   3,489   12   $ 550.80   26   Group of answer choices   A. 1, 3, 4, 10   B. 2, 3, 4, 8   C. 1, 2, 4, 7   D. 2, 4, 7

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Gringer’s Plastics provides plastic parts to the shipbuilding industry. They gathered the following information on their inventory. Based on this data, what products would be considered A class inventory?

 

Product

 

Unit Cost

 

Volume

 

1

 

$ 12.50

 

11,200

 

2

 

$ 325.00

 

160

 

3

 

$ 9.75

 

23,786

 

4

 

$ 8.50

 

29,590

 

5

 

$ 175.60

 

80

 

6

 

$ 1,125.99

 

26

 

7

 

$ 756.25

 

41

 

8

 

$ 24.99

 

5,230

 

9

 

$ 109.25

 

98

 

10

 

$ 33.00

 

7,865

 

11

 

$ 6.75

 

3,489

 

12

 

$ 550.80

 

26

 

Group of answer choices

 

A. 1, 3, 4, 10

 

B. 2, 3, 4, 8

 

C. 1, 2, 4, 7

 

D. 2, 4, 7

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