In: Accounting
1. Purchase inventory/Purchases can be found out by the formula :-
(Closing inventory - Opening inventory) + Cost of Goods Sold =
Purchases.
2. But where in the question ending inventory is not present and we have to find out the purchase, then the formula can be :-
Cost of goods sold - Beginning inventory = Purchases.
3. After finding out the purchases we can now find out the Closing/Ending Inventory by the formula :-
Purchases + Beginning Inventory - Cost of Goods Sold =
Closing/Ending Inventory.
So, in the above question the 2nd formula can be used to find out the purchases.