Aztec Company sells its product for $160 per unit. Its actual and projected sales follow. Units Dollars April (actual) 8,000 $1,280,000 May (actual) 1,800 288,000 June (budgeted) 6,500 1,040,000 July (budgeted) 7,000 1,120,000 August (budgeted) 3,600 576,000 All sales are on credit. Recent experience shows that 20% of credit sales is collected in the month of the sale, 50% in the month after the sale, 24% in the second month after the sale, and 6% proves to be uncollectible. The products purchase price is $110 per unit. All purchases are payable within 12 days. Thus, 60% of purchases made in a month is paid in that month and the other 40% is paid in the next month. The company has a policy to maintain an ending monthly inventory of 23% of the next months unit sales plus a safety stock of 95 units. The April 30 and May 31 actual inventory levels are consistent with this policy. Selling and administrative expenses for the year are $1,224,000 and are paid evenly throughout the year in cash. The companys minimum cash balance at month-end is $110,000. This minimum is maintained, if necessary, by borrowing cash from the bank. If the balance exceeds $110,000, the company repays as much of the loan as it can without going below the minimum. This type of loan carries an annual 11% interest rate. On May 31, the loan balance is $48,000, and the companys cash balance is $110,000. (Round final answers to the nearest whole dollar.

Prepare the merchandise purchases budget for May, June, and July. Report calculations in units and then show the dollar amount of purchases for each month.