Dawes Designs buys T$-$shirts for clubs, teams, and other organizations. Dawes takes the shirts and adds the organization's logo$.$ Because of the uncertainty in the timing of the sales and to avoid stock outages, Dawes tries to maintain an inventory of shirts equal to two$-$month's of sales. The shirts cost $$23\mathrm{.}50$ each and must be paid for in cash. On June $30$ of the current year, the company expects to have $17,300$ shirts in stock. Sales estimates, based on contracts received and historical data, are as follows for the next six months:

July $8,720$

August $11,690$

September $9,160$

October $9,710$

November $7,180$

December $5,860$

Required:

a$.$ & b$.$ Estimate purchases $($in units$)$ and cash required to make purchases in July, August, and September.