Average Payment Period measures the time taken by a business to pay its creditors and is calculated using the formula:
Average Payment Period = Credit PurchasesTrade Payables×365 days
Trade Payables include both Creditors and Bills Payable:
Trade Payables = Creditors + Bills Payable
Trade Payables = Rs. 90,000 + Rs. 52,000 = Rs. 1,42,000
Assuming all purchases are credit purchases (as no cash purchases are mentioned):
Credit Purchases = Rs. 4,20,000
Applying the formula:
Average Payment Period = 4,20,0001,42,000×365
Average Payment Period = 0.338 × 365
Average Payment Period = 123.4 days
Rounding off to the nearest value = 123 days
The correct answer is Option 3: 123 days.