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Milo Company manufactures beach umbrellas. The company is preparing detailed budgets for the third quarter and has assembled the following information to assist in the budget preparation:

a.	The Marketing Department has estimated sales as follows for the remainder of the year (in units):

The selling price of the beach umbrellas is $12 per unit.

July	37,500	October	27,500
August	85,000	November	14,000
September	54,000	December	14,500

b.	All sales are on account. Based on past experience, sales are collected in the following pattern:

30%	in the month of sale
65%	in the month following sale
5%	uncollectible

Sales for June totaled $408,000.

c.	The company maintains finished goods inventories equal to 15% of the following months sales. This requirement will be met at the end of June.

d.	Each beach umbrella requires 4 feet of Gilden, a material that is sometimes hard to acquire. Therefore, the company requires that the ending inventory of Gilden be equal to 50% of the following months production needs. The inventory of Gilden on hand at the beginning and end of the quarter will be:

June 30	89,250	feet
September 30	?	feet

e.	Gilden costs $0.60 per foot. One-half of a months purchases of Gilden is paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder is paid for in the following month. The accounts payable on July 1 for purchases of Gilden during June will be $47,490.