Gertrude Products expects the following sales of its single product:

$\backslash$table$[[,$Units$],[$June$,6,280],[$July$,6,780],[$August$,7,480],[$September$,8,080],[$October$,9,080]]$

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Gertrude has an ending finished goods inventory policy of $10\%$ of the next month's sales needs. Each unit requires $5$ pounds of Chemical A and $14$ pounds of Chemical B$.$ July $1$ materials inventory includes $8,600$ pounds of Chemical A and $76,000$ pounds of Chemical B$.$ Gertrude desires to maintain a Chemical A inventory equal to $20\%$ of next month's production needs and a Chemical B inventory equal to $100\%$ of next month's production needs.

a$.$ Prepare a production budget for Gertrude Products for the quarter ending September $30.$

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$Gertrude Products$],[$Production Budget$],[$For the Quarter Ending September $30]]],[,$July,August,September,Total$],[$Budgeted unit sales,$6,780,7,480,8,080,22,340],[$Plus: Ending finished goods inventory$],[$Less: Beginning finished goods inventory$],[$Budgeted production $($units$),,,,]]$

b$.$ Prepare a direct materials purchases budget for Chemical A for the quarter ending September $30.$ Assume a desired ending Inventory for Chemical $A$ of $9,100$ pounds at September $30,$ and a constant unit cost of $$2\mathrm{.}70$ per pound Note: Deductible answers must be indicated with a minus sign.