Assume a company is preparing a budget for its first two months of operations. During the first and second months it expects credit sales of $42,000 and $74,000, respectively. The company expects to collect 35% of its credit sales in the month of the sale and the remaining 65% in the following month. What is the expected cash collections from credit sales during the first month?

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14,700

27,300

21,300

42,250