Swenson Oil & Gas allows its customers to prepurchase heating oil in June for the coming winter. Customers who took advantage of the offer prepurchased 400,000 gallons of oil at $3.00 per gallon. Swenson hedged its position by contracting to purchase 400,000 gallons of oil for November delivery at a price of $2.50 per gallon. If the November spot price is $2.25 per gallon, the gross profit to Swenson in June will be a. 0 b. 100,000 c. 200,000 d. (100,000)

Swenson Oil & Gas allows its customers to prepurchase heating oil in June for the coming winter. Customers who took advantage of the offer prepurchased 400,000 gallons of oil at $3.00 per gallon. Swenson hedged its position by contracting to purchase 400,000 gallons of oil for November delivery at a price of $2.50 per gallon. If the November spot price is $2.25 per gallon, the gross profit to Swenson in June will be a. 0 b. 100,000 c. 200,000 d. (100,000)

Principles of Accounting Volume 2

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Chapter2: Building Blocks Of Managerial Accounting

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