All applicable exercises are available with McGraw-Hill's Connect Accounting. EXERCISE 8-1 Schedule of Expected Cash Collections [LO8-2] Silver Company makes a product that is very popular as a Mother's Day gift. Thus, peak sales occur in May of each year, as shown in the company's sales budget for the second quarter given below: Master Budgeting From past experience, the company has learned that 20% of a month's sales are collected in the month of sale, another 70% are collected in the month following sale, and the remaining 10% are collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts are negligible and can be ignored. February sales totaled $230,000, and March sales totaled $260,000. Required: 1. Prepare a schedule of expected cash collections from sales, by month and in total, for the second quarter. 2. Assume that the company will prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of June 30. Compute the accounts receivable as of that date. EXERCISE 8-2 Production Budget [L08-3] Down Under Products, Ltd., of Australia has budgeted sales of its popular boomerang for the next four months as follows: The company is now in the process of preparing a production budget for the second quarter. Past experience has shown that end-of-month inventory levels must equal 10% of the following month's sales. The inventory at the end of March was 5,000 units. Required: Prepare a production budget for the second quarter; in your budget, show the number of units to be produced each month and for the quarter in total