19 5.26 points Skipped QS 20-30A (Algo) Merchandising: Computing merchandise purchases LO P4 Montel Company's July sales budget shows sales of $580,000. The company budgets beginning merchandise inventory of $69,000 and ending merchandise inventory of $30,000 for July. Cost of goods sold is 40% of sales. Determine the budgeted cost of merchandise purchases for July. Hint: Use the relation (Beginning Inventory + Purchases - Cost of Goods Sold = Ending Inventory) to solve for purchases. Budgeted Cost of Merchandise Purchases eBook Hint Print References