The Greenberg Health Clinic serves as an outpatient clinic for citizens in Brant City. Medicines, drugs, and various medical supplies must be purchased; and cost estimates must be made for each month. In addition to physicians who are available on a contract basis at a cost of $50,000 a month, nurses salary costs are $40,000 a month. Other employees are engaged on a part- time basis at a cost of $12.00 per hour. Past experience shows that one part-time person is required for every 50 patients served in a month. The typical part-time employee works 100 hours in a month. The costs of medicines and various supplies average $5 per patient served plus a fixed cost of $15,000 each month. A forecast of patients to be served in the last quarter is:

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October. November December Number of Patients 900 1,100 1,200 Required: 1. Prepare a schedule showing the costs of the medicines and other supplies for each month. 2. According to the estimates, how many part-time people will be needed each month, and at what cost? 3. Prepare a budget schedule showing the costs of contract services, salaries, medicines and other supplies, and part-time labor for each month.