Montrose Instrumentation produces measurement equipment. One component, used in a variety of the company's products, is critical and the supply chain often breaks. For that reason, Montrose has a policy to hold in inventory enough of the component to produce three month's worth of sales (one component is used in each unit of product in which it is used). On February 1, the company has 39,000 components in stock. Sales of the units in which the component is used in each of the next six months are estimated to be as follows:

February	34,500
March	28,500
April	30,000
May	35,550
June	32,150
July	44,110

Parts are purchased at a wholesale price of $54. The vendor has a financing arrangement by which Montrose pays 40 percent of the purchase price in the month when the components are delivered and 60 percent in the following month. Montrose purchased 42,000 parts in January.

Required:

Estimate purchases of the component (in units) for February and March.

Estimate the cash disbursements for the component in February and March.

Montrose Instrumentation produces measurement equipment. One component, used in a variety of the company's products, is critical and the supply chain often breaks. For that reason, Montrose has a policy to hold in inventory enough of the component to produce three month's worth of sales (one component is used in each unit of product in which it is used). On February 1 , the company has 39,000 components in stock. Sales of the units in which the component is used in each of the next six months are estimated to be as follows: Parts are purchased at a wholesale price of $54. The vendor has a financing arrangement by which Montrose pays 40 percent of the purchase price in the month when the components are delivered and 60 percent in the following month. Montrose purchased 42,000 parts in January. Required: a. Estimate purchases of the component (in units) for February and March. b. Estimate the cash disbursements for the component in February and March. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Estimate purchases of the component (in units) for February and March. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Estimate the cash disbursements for the component in February and March